Common practice solvent extraction does not reflect actual emission of a sex pheromone during butterfly courtship
B. Visser, I. A. N. Dublon, S. Heuskin, F. Laval, P. M. B. Bacquet, G. Lognay, C. M. Nieberding
The study shows that solvent extraction underestimates actual sex pheromone emission during butterfly courtship, with headspace sampling better correlating with mating success.
bioRxiv · Aug 31, 2018Evolutionary Biology