Solid-phase microextraction and cuticular hydrocarbon differences related to reproductive activity in queenless ant Dinoponera quadriceps Export

@article{Monnin1998, abstract = {We extracted the cuticular hydrocarbons from live Dinoponera quadriceps ants (10 colonies collected from Brazil) with the solventless solid-phase microextraction (SPME) technique. Gas chromatography of the SPME samples (N = 233 measurements) compared with pentane extracts (N = 10) resulted in similar profiles. Eighty-one compounds belonging to the main long-chain hydrocarbon families were identified by GC-MS. There is no morphologically specialized queen in D. quadriceps and only one aggressively dominant worker (alpha) mates and reproduces in each colony. The alpha ant (N = 26 individuals) always yielded higher amounts and percentages of g-hentriacontene (9-C-31:1) than her sterile nestmates (N = 47). Since SPME is not destructive, it allowed for the repeated extraction of the same individuals, demonstrating that the alpha ant (virgin or mated) always had higher levels of 9-hentriacontene. This difference appears related to ovarian activity and may function as a signal of the alpha's dominance status.}, address = {Peeters, CUniv Paris 06, Ecol Lab, CNRS URA 258, 7 Quai St Bernard, F-75252 Paris 05, FranceUniv Paris Nord, CNRS URA 667, Lab Ethol Expt \& Comparee, F-93430 Villetaneuse, FranceINRA, Unite Phytopharm \& Mediateurs Chim, F-78026 Versailles, France}, author = {Monnin, T. and Malosse, C. and Peeters, C.}, citeulike-article-id = {1868057}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {#}, comment = {Zd987Times Cited:63Cited References Count:37}, journal = {Journal of Chemical Ecology}, keywords = {ant, bibtex-import}, pages = {473--490}, posted-at = {2007-11-05 13:42:16}, priority = {2}, title = {Solid-phase microextraction and cuticular hydrocarbon differences related to reproductive activity in queenless ant Dinoponera quadriceps}, url = {<Go to ISI>://000072745700005}, volume = {24}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - Monnin1998 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1868057 N2 - We extracted the cuticular hydrocarbons from live Dinoponera quadriceps ants (10 colonies collected from Brazil) with the solventless solid-phase microextraction (SPME) technique. Gas chromatography of the SPME samples (N = 233 measurements) compared with pentane extracts (N = 10) resulted in similar profiles. Eighty-one compounds belonging to the main long-chain hydrocarbon families were identified by GC-MS. There is no morphologically specialized queen in D. quadriceps and only one aggressively dominant worker (alpha) mates and reproduces in each colony. The alpha ant (N = 26 individuals) always yielded higher amounts and percentages of g-hentriacontene (9-C-31:1) than her sterile nestmates (N = 47). Since SPME is not destructive, it allowed for the repeated extraction of the same individuals, demonstrating that the alpha ant (virgin or mated) always had higher levels of 9-hentriacontene. This difference appears related to ovarian activity and may function as a signal of the alpha's dominance status. JF - Journal of Chemical Ecology AD - Peeters, CUniv Paris 06, Ecol Lab, CNRS URA 258, 7 Quai St Bernard, F-75252 Paris 05, FranceUniv Paris Nord, CNRS URA 667, Lab Ethol Expt \& Comparee, F-93430 Villetaneuse, FranceINRA, Unite Phytopharm \& Mediateurs Chim, F-78026 Versailles, France EP - 490 TI - Solid-phase microextraction and cuticular hydrocarbon differences related to reproductive activity in queenless ant Dinoponera quadriceps VL - 24 SP - 473 KW - ant KW - bibtex-import N1 - Zd987Times Cited:63Cited References Count:37 AU - Monnin, T AU - Malosse, C AU - Peeters, C PY - 1998/// UR - # ER -