Origin, structure and functional transition of sex pheromone components in a false widow spider

Affiliations

Andreas Fischer: Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Regine Gries: Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Santosh K. Alamsetti: Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Emmanuel Hung: Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Andrea C. Roman Torres: Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Yasasi Fernando: Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Sanam Meraj: Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Weiwu Ren: Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University
Robert Britton: Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University
Gerhard Gries: Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University

Abstract

New chemical components to female spider pheromones are identified in the false black widow spider, Steatoda grossa.