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As the most ancient sense in nature, smell and chemical communication play a major role in successful mating, host and selection and other essential behaviors. | As the most ancient sense in nature, smell and chemical communication play a major role in successful mating, host and selection and other essential behaviors. | ||
This becomes crucial in social insects, where a complicated and delicate system of signals must be maintained in order to preserve the fragile equilibrium between the queen and the workers. | This becomes crucial in social insects, where a complicated and delicate system of signals must be maintained in order to preserve the fragile equilibrium between the queen and the workers. | ||
In the hive of the honey bee [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_mellifera ''Apis mellifera''] this equilibrium exists partially due to the extraction of blend of substances called queen mandibular pheromone [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee_pheromones#Queen_mandibular_pheromone (QMP)]. The three major component of the QMP blend are: 9-keto-2(E)-decenoic acid (9-ODA) and 9-hydroxy-2(E)-decenoic acid (9-HDA R-(−) or S-(+)). | In the hive of the honey bee [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_mellifera ''Apis mellifera''] this equilibrium exists partially due to the extraction of blend of substances called queen mandibular pheromone [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee_pheromones#Queen_mandibular_pheromone (QMP)], by the queen. The three major component of the QMP blend are: 9-keto-2(E)-decenoic acid (9-ODA) and 9-hydroxy-2(E)-decenoic acid (9-HDA R-(−) or S-(+)). | ||
Pheromone binding proteins are soluble proteins invovled in the early stages of pheromone detection. | Pheromone binding proteins are soluble proteins invovled in the early stages of pheromone detection. | ||