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Trail-following responses ofLeptogenys diminuta to stereoisomers of 4-methyl-3-heptanol

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Behavioral tests carried out with the four stereoisomers of 4-methyl-3-heptanol revealed thatLeptogenys diminuta ants respond specifically only to the (3R, 4S)-isomer.

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  1. A. B. Attygalle

    Present address: Baker Laboratory, Chemistry Department, Cornell University, 14 853-1301, Ithaca, NY, USA

  2. R. T. S. Frighetto

    Present address: EMBRAPA/CNPDA, C.P. 69, 13 820, Jaguariúna, SP, Brazil

  3. N. Frighetto

    Present address: CPQBA/UNICAMP, C.P. 6171, 13 083, Campinas, SP, Brazil

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  1. Zoologisches Institut, Fachbereich Biologie der Universität, Siesmayerstrasse 70, D-6000, Frankfurt, Germany

    S. Steghaus-Kovâc & U. Maschwitz

  2. Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität, Henkestrasse 42, D-8520, Erlangen, Germany

    A. B. Attygalle, R. T. S. Frighetto, N. Frighetto, O. Vostrowsky & H. J. Bestmann

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Steghaus-Kovâc, S., Maschwitz, U., Attygalle, A.B. et al. Trail-following responses ofLeptogenys diminuta to stereoisomers of 4-methyl-3-heptanol. Experientia 48, 690–694 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02118321

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