Original title: GC-MS analysis of termite defensive compounds secreted from their frontal glands
Authors: Krasulová, Jana ; Hanus, Robert ; Šobotník, Jan ; Bosáková, Z. ; Valterová, Irena
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: International Students Conference "Modern Analytical Chemistry" /7./, Prague (CZ), 2011-09-29 / 2011-09-30
Year: 2011
Language: eng
Abstract: We compared the anatomy and chemistry of the frontal gland in imagoes and soldiers of four rhinotermitid and one serritermitid genera. Our results suggest that the gland in imagoes is not just an unperfect expression of the soldier frontal gland, but rather an organ with special adaptive value shaped by the life history of termite imagoes.
Keywords: frontal gland; GC-MS; termite defence
Project no.: CEZ:AV0Z40550506 (CEP), GAP506/10/1570 (CEP), SVV261204
Funding provider: GA ČR, GA KU
Host item entry: Proceedings of the 7th International Students Conference "Modern Analytical Chemistry", ISBN 978-80-7444-010-6

Institution: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0201263

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