Scent - Collecting Orchid Bee Species Separated by a Single Gene (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Scent - Collecting Orchid Bee Species Separated by a Single Gene

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To attract a mate, male orchid bees collect scents from the environment to create the perfect aroma. Research suggests that these perfumes are unique to each species. In a study appearing in Nature Communications, UC Davis researchers link the evolution of sexual signaling in orchid bees to a gene that's been shaped by each species' perfume preferences.

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Thomas Eltz/Ruhr University Bochum

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