The characteristic response of domestic cats to plant iridoids allows them to gain chemical defense against mosquitoes-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The characteristic response of domestic cats to plant iridoids allows them to gain chemical defense against mosquitoes

Published:2021-01-22 Issue:4 Volume:7 Page:
ISSN:2375-2548
Container-title:Science Advances
language:en
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Author:

Uenoyama Reiko¹^ORCID,Miyazaki Tamako¹^ORCID,Hurst Jane L.²^ORCID,Beynon Robert J.³^ORCID,Adachi Masaatsu⁴^ORCID,Murooka Takanobu¹,Onoda Ibuki⁴,Miyazawa Yu⁴^ORCID,Katayama Rieko¹,Yamashita Tetsuro¹,Kaneko Shuji⁵^ORCID,Nishikawa Toshio⁴^ORCID,Miyazaki Masao¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan.

2. Mammalian Behaviour and Evolution Group, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Neston CH64 7TE, UK.

3. Centre for Proteome Research, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK.

4. Department of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan.

5. Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, 46-29 Yoshida-Shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.

Abstract

Cats anoint themselves with plant metabolites that confer mosquito repellence.

Funder

JSPS KAKENHI

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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