Search for dissertations about: "Bicyclus"
Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word Bicyclus.
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1. Purification, Stereoisomeric Analysis and Quantification of Biologically Active Compounds in Extracts from Pine Sawflies, African Butterflies and Orchid Bees
Abstract : Stereochemistry plays an important role in nature because biologically important molecules such as amino acids, nucleotides and sugars, only exist in enantiomerically pure forms. Semiochemicals carry messages, between the same species (pheromones) and between different species (allelochemicals). READ MORE
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2. The Scents of Nature : Identification and Synthesis of Bioactive Compounds Used in Insect Communication
Abstract : Pest insects cause great financial losses in the forest and food industry every year. To fight these pests industries have used insecticides, which are sometimes harmful to nature and humans. READ MORE
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3. Evolution of olfaction in Lepidoptera and Trichoptera : Gene families and antennal morphology
Abstract : In moths, females produce sex pheromone compounds to attract males over a long distance for mating. The antennae of moths and many other insects have specialized odorant receptors (ORs), called pheromone receptors (PRs), to sense the pheromone compounds and they group in a monophyletic clade (PR clade). READ MORE