2010
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2285
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The origin and dynamic evolution of chemical information transfer

Abstract: Although chemical communication is the most widespread form of communication, its evolution and diversity are not well understood. By integrating studies of a wide range of terrestrial plants and animals, we show that many chemicals are emitted, which can unintentionally provide information (cues) and, therefore, act as direct precursors for the evolution of intentional communication (signals). Depending on the content, design and the original function of the cue, there are predictable ways that selection can … Show more

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“…Combined with evidence that commonly released hormones function as pheromones in many fishes (Stacey, 2015), our results raise questions regarding species-specificity as a tenet of pheromone communication in vertebrates (Wyatt, 2014). Lastly, we suggest that P. marinus is a useful system for the study of how sexual signals function and evolve, which is less often studied from the perspective of chemical communication compared with other sensory modalities (Andersson, 1994;Coleman, 2009;Steiger et al, 2011), particularly in vertebrates (Johansson and Jones, 2007;Symonds and Elgar, 2008). marinus.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Combined with evidence that commonly released hormones function as pheromones in many fishes (Stacey, 2015), our results raise questions regarding species-specificity as a tenet of pheromone communication in vertebrates (Wyatt, 2014). Lastly, we suggest that P. marinus is a useful system for the study of how sexual signals function and evolve, which is less often studied from the perspective of chemical communication compared with other sensory modalities (Andersson, 1994;Coleman, 2009;Steiger et al, 2011), particularly in vertebrates (Johansson and Jones, 2007;Symonds and Elgar, 2008). marinus.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In contrast, pheromone blends used by bark beetles (Dendroctonus and Ips species) are equally as different in distantly and closely related species (Symonds and Elgar, 2004). Although the evolution of species-specific pheromone blends in insects is increasingly well described (Symonds and Elgar, 2008;Steiger et al, 2011), similar macro-evolutionary studies of vertebrate pheromones are under-represented (Symonds and Elgar, 2008).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…The decreased response to plants with high linalool emissions may exist because of constraints to the evolution of insect behavioural responses, such as neurological constraints to sensory mechanisms (Bernays, 2001;Egan and Funk, 2006;Janz, 2003). Metabolic (fitness) costs of the volatile, or its non-volatile precursors, may have existed in ancestral insect populations, but have since been overcome (Bernays and Chapman, 1994;Steiger et al, 2011). Interestingly, our findings on H. armigera oviposition responses to linalool differ markedly from a recent study on Manduca sexta moths, which used synthetic volatile blends to mimic Datura wrightii floral odours, and demonstrated that only blends with higher levels of (R)-isomer had deterrent effects on oviposition, and that increased (S)-linalool within blends was more attractive to nectarfeeding adult M. sexta moths (Reisenman et al, 2010).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Insertion of double bonds or methyl-branching decreases anti-desiccation capacity [11,12], but increases information content [13,14]. Increasing the fraction of alkenes and methylalkanes in the profile facilitates chemical communication [15]. The insect CHC profile is therefore likely to be under differential selection, varying between castes [16,17], tasks [8,9,18], fertility states [19,20] and positions in the social hierarchy [21][22][23].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%