Comparative study of the cuticular hydrocarbon composition of Melipona bicolor Lepeletier, 1836 (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) workers and queens

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorAbdalla, Fábio Camargo
dc.creatorJones, Graeme R.
dc.creatorMorgan, Erik D.
dc.creatorCruz-Landim, Carminda da
dc.date2014-05-27T11:20:59Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:19:09Z
dc.date2014-05-27T11:20:59Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:19:09Z
dc.date2003-12-01
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T01:07:40Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T01:07:40Z
dc.identifierGenetics and Molecular Research, v. 2, n. 2, p. 191-199, 2003.
dc.identifier1676-5680
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/67542
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/67542
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dc.identifier2-s2.0-2342445805
dc.identifierhttp://www.geneticsmr.com//year2003/vol2-2/pdf/gmr0051.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/888978
dc.descriptionIn social insects, cuticular hydrocarbons are involved in species, kin, caste and nestmate recognition. Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry were used to compare the cuticular hydrocarbon composition of workers, males and queens of Melipona bicolor. The cuticular hydrocarbon composition of this species was found to consist mainly of C23, C25:1, C25, C27:1, C27, C29:1 and C29, which are already present in imagoes that have not yet abandoned the brood cell. This composition varied quantitatively and qualitatively between and within the castes and sexes. The newly emerged workers and young queens (virgins) had similar cuticular hydrocarbon profiles, which were different from those of the males. When the females start executing their tasks in the colony, the cuticular hydrocarbon profile differences appear. The workers have less variety, while the queens conserve or increase the number of cuticular hydrocarbon compounds. The queens have more abdominal tegumentary glands than the workers, which apparently are the source of the new cuticular compounds.
dc.languageeng
dc.relationGenetics and Molecular Research
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectCuticular hydrocarbons
dc.subjectDufour's gland
dc.subjectKin recognition
dc.subjectMelipona bicolor
dc.subjectPheromone
dc.subjectStingless bee
dc.subjecthydrocarbon
dc.subjectpheromone
dc.subjectheptacosane
dc.subjectheptacosene
dc.subjectnonacosane
dc.subjectnonacosene
dc.subjectpentacosane
dc.subjectpentacosene
dc.subjecttricosane
dc.subjectunclassified drug
dc.subjectanimal
dc.subjectbee
dc.subjectchemistry
dc.subjectcomparative study
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjectforelimb
dc.subjectgas chromatography
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectmass spectrometry
dc.subjectphysiology
dc.subjectsexual behavior
dc.subjectsocial behavior
dc.subjectanimal caste
dc.subjectanimal cell
dc.subjectchemical composition
dc.subjectcontrolled study
dc.subjectcuticle
dc.subjectHymenoptera
dc.subjectinsect cell
dc.subjectinsect society
dc.subjectnonhuman
dc.subjectorganism colony
dc.subjectqualitative analysis
dc.subjectquantitative assay
dc.subjectsex difference
dc.subjectspecies comparison
dc.subjecttask performance
dc.subjectworker
dc.subjectAnimals
dc.subjectBees
dc.subjectChromatography, Gas
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectHydrocarbons
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMass Spectrometry
dc.subjectPheromones
dc.subjectSexual Behavior, Animal
dc.subjectSocial Behavior
dc.subjectWing
dc.subjectAnimalia
dc.subjectApoidea
dc.subjectHexapoda
dc.subjectInsecta
dc.subjectMelipona
dc.subjectMeliponinae
dc.subjectScaptotrigona postica
dc.titleComparative study of the cuticular hydrocarbon composition of Melipona bicolor Lepeletier, 1836 (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) workers and queens
dc.typeOtro


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