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A hormone-related female anti-aphrodisiac signals temporary infertility and causes sexual abstinence to synchronize parental care by Engel, Katharina C., Stökl, Johannes, Schweizer, Rebecca, Vogel, Heiko, Ayasse, Manfred, Ruther, Joachim, Steiger, Sandra

“…The high energetic demand of parental care requires parents to direct their resources towards the support of existing offspring rather than investing into the…”
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A pheromone that coordinates parental care is evolutionary conserved among burying beetles (Silphidae: Nicrophorus) by Engel, Katharina C., Hwang, Wenbe, Steiger, Sandra

“…Pheromones regulating mating behavior are diverse in structure and typically show high species specificity. However, depending on their information content…”
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Acceptance threshold theory can explain occurrence of homosexual behaviour by Engel, Katharina C., Männer, Lisa, Ayasse, Manfred, Steiger, Sandra

“…Same-sex sexual behaviour (SSB) has been documented in a wide range of animals, but its evolutionary causes are not well understood. Here, we investigated SSB…”
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Beyond Cuticular Hydrocarbons: Chemically Mediated Mate Recognition in the Subsocial Burying Beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides by Keppner, Eva M., Prang, Madlen, Engel, Katharina C., Ayasse, Manfred, Stökl, Johannes, Steiger, Sandra

“…Burying beetles have fascinated scientists for centuries due to their elaborate form of biparental care that includes the burial and defense of a vertebrate…”
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Size Exclusion High Performance Liquid Chromatography: Re-Discovery of a Rapid and Versatile Method for Clean-Up and Fractionation in Chemical Ecology by Sperling, Sergej, Kühbandner, Stephan, Engel, Katharina C, Steiger, Sandra, Stökl, Johannes, Ruther, Joachim

“…Solvent extraction of bioactive molecules from glands, tissues, or whole organisms is a common first step in chemoecological studies. Co-extraction of a…”
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When males stop having sex: adaptive insect mating tactics during parental care by Engel, Katharina C., von Hoermann, Christian, Eggert, Anne-Katrin, Müller, Josef K., Steiger, Sandra

“…The theory of prudent sperm allocation predicts that males should reduce their investment in sperm transfer when their mate's propensity to produce offspring…”
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