In vitro studies of sex pheromone biosynthesis in the yellow mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
| dc.contributor.author | Bacala, Ray | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-07-12T17:51:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-07-12T17:51:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2000-10-01T00:00:00Z | en_US |
| dc.degree.discipline | Biochemistry and Medical Genetics | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Science (M.Sc.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The mature female yellow mealworm beetle, 'Tenebrio molitor', uses 4-methylnonanol as a sex attractant pheromone. Data from 'in vivo ' studies suggest that the terminal biosynthetic step, reduction of 4-methylnonanoic acid (or derivative) to 4-methylnonanol, is regulated by Juvenile Hormone (JH) III. The goals of this study were (i) to develop synthetic routes to commercially unavailable substrates and standards required to study the reduction of 4-methylnonanoic acid (or derivative); (ii) to develop an 'in vitro' assay for the reduction of 4-methylnonanoic acid (or derivative) to 4-methylnonanol in the yellow mealworm beetle; (iii) and to confirm that the reduction of 4-methylonanoic acid is regulated by JH. Preliminary results suggest that females and not males are able to perform the conversion. (Abstract shortened by UMI.) | en_US |
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| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/2627 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.title | In vitro studies of sex pheromone biosynthesis in the yellow mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |