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Nematode sex pheromones

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Current knowledge of the involvement of sex pheromones in the premating communication of free-living, plant-parasitic, and animal-parasitic nematodes is reviewed.

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Bone, L.W., Shorey, H.H. Nematode sex pheromones. J Chem Ecol 4, 595–612 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00988923

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