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Animal Communication: When I’m Calling You, Will You Answer Too? by Vickers, Neil J.

“…Male moths compete to arrive first at a female releasing pheromone. A new study reveals that additional pheromone cues released only by younger females may…”
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Sexual isolation of male moths explained by a single pheromone response QTL containing four receptor genes by Gould, Fred, Estock, Marie, Hillier, N. Kirk, Powell, Bekah, Groot, Astrid T, Ward, Catherine M, Emerson, Jennifer L, Schal, Coby, Vickers, Neil J

“…Long distance sexual communication in moths has fascinated biologists because of the complex, precise female pheromone signals and the extreme sensitivity of…”
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Transplant Antennae and Host Brain Interact to Shape Odor Perceptual Space in Male Moths by Lee, Seong-Gyu, Poole, Kathy, Linn, Jr, Charles E, Vickers, Neil J

“…Behavioral responses to odors rely first upon their accurate detection by peripheral sensory organs followed by subsequent processing within the brain's…”
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Moth pheromone‐selective projection neurons with cell bodies in the antennal lobe lateral cluster exhibit diverse morphological and neurophysiological characteristics by Lee, Seong‐Gyu, Celestino, Christine Fogarty, Stagg, Jeffrey, Kleineidam, Christoph, Vickers, Neil J.

“…Olfactory projection neurons convey information from the insect antennal lobe (AL) to higher brain centers. Previous reports have demonstrated that…”
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From citation metrics to citation ethics: Critical examination of a highly-cited 2017 moth pheromone paper by da Silva, Jaime A. Teixeira, Vickers, Neil J., Nazarovets, Serhii

“…In this letter, we focus on a very curious and bibliometrically important case of a 2017 moth pheromone paper published in Cell Press’ Current Biology that has…”
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Dancing in the purple rain: color affinity and oviposition choices in Aedes sierrensis (Diptera: Culicidae) by Bibbs, Christopher S., Casci, Kai, Widmer, Thomas D., Dewsnup, M. Andrew, Jay, Kaia, Meredith, Kirsten D., Faraji, Ary, Vickers, Neil J.

“…The western tree hole mosquito, Aedes sierrensis (Ludlow) (Diptera: Clucidae), is a pestiferous mosquito with a range extending over the entire pacific…”
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Winging It: Moth Flight Behavior and Responses of Olfactory Neurons Are Shaped by Pheromone Plume Dynamics by Vickers, Neil J

“…Terrestrial odor plumes have a physical structure that results from turbulence in the fluid environment. The rapidity of insect flight maneuvers within a plume…”
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Male moths optimally balance take-off thoracic temperature and warm-up duration to reach a pheromone source quickly by Crespo, José G., Vickers, Neil J., Goller, Franz

“…Animal activities, such as foraging and reproduction, are constrained by decisions about how to allocate energy and time efficiently. Overall, male moths…”
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Hairpencil Volatiles Influence Interspecific Courtship and Mating Between Two Related Moth Species by Hillier, Neil Kirk, Vickers, Neil J.

“…Reproductive isolation between sympatric, closely related species can be accomplished through a variety of pre-zygotic isolating mechanisms, including…”
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Female pheromones modulate flight muscle activation patterns during preflight warm-up by Crespo, José G, Vickers, Neil J, Goller, Franz

“…At low ambient temperature Helicoverpa zea male moths engage in warm-up behavior prior to taking flight in response to an attractive female pheromone blend…”
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Mechanisms of Animal Navigation in Odor Plumes by Vickers, Neil J.

“…Chemical signals mediate many of life's processes. For organisms that use these signals to orient and navigate in their environment, where and when these cues…”
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Pheromone mediated modulation of pre-flight warm-up behavior in male moths by Crespo, José G, Goller, Franz, Vickers, Neil J

“…An essential part of sexual reproduction typically involves the identification of an appropriate mating partner. Males of many moth species utilize the scent…”
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Odour-plume dynamics influence the brain's olfactory code by Vickers, Neil J, Baker, Thomas C, Christensen, Thomas A, Hildebrand, John G

“…The neural computations used to represent olfactory information in the brain have long been investigated. Recent studies in the insect antennal lobe suggest…”
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Antennal lobe organization in the slender pigeon louse, Columbicola columbae (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) by Crespo, José G., Vickers, Neil J.

“…This study reports on the structure of the antennal lobe of the pigeon louse, Columbicola columbae. Anterograde staining of antennal receptor neurons revealed…”
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Inheritance of olfactory preferences I. Pheromone-mediated behavioral responses of Heliothis subflexa x Heliothis virescens hybrid male moths by Vickers, Neil J

“…Shifts in male preference for qualitatively different pheromone blends appear to have played a fundamental role in the divergence of olfactory communication…”
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Inheritance of olfactory preferences III. Processing of pheromonal signals in the antennal lobe of Heliothis subflexa x Heliothis virescens hybrid male moths by Vickers, Neil J

“…Pheromone-responsive olfactory interneurons were studied to determine the extent to which their physiological and morphological properties complemented the…”
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Defining a synthetic pheromone blend attractive to male Heliothis subflexa under wind tunnel conditions by VICKERS, Neil J

“…Heliothis subflexa males were flown in a wind tunnel to a variety of combinations of synthetic pheromone components admixed (on a filter paper disk. Blends…”
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Glomerular Targets of Heliothis subflexa Male Olfactory Receptor Neurons Housed within Long Trichoid Sensilla by Lee, Seong-Gyu, Vickers, Neil J., Baker, Thomas C.

“…We used single-sensillum recordings to characterize male Heliothis subflexa antennal olfactory receptor neuron physiology in response to compounds related to…”
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Reiterative responses to single strands of odor promote sustained upwind flight and odor source location by moths by Vickers, N.J, Baker, T.C

“…We characterized single upwind surges of flying male Heliothis virescens moths in response to individual strands of pheromone generated experimentally in a…”
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Functional divergence of spatially conserved olfactory glomeruli in two related moth species by VICKERS, Neil J, CHRISTENSEN, Thomas A

“…In different moth species, the number and spatial arrangement of olfactory glomeruli in the antennal lobe (AL) vary widely, but the spatial map within a…”
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