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Date of this Version

1971

Comments

Published in Science, New Series, Vol. 174, No. 4004 (Oct. 1, 1971), pp. 76-78.

Abstract

A sex pheromone isolated from the cuticle and feces of the female house fly attracts the male fly; it has been identified as (Z)-9-tricosene. Chemical and biological comparisons of the natural and synthesized compounds show that they are identical.

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