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@article{1367080, author = {Balvín, Ondřej and Bartonička, Tomáš and Pilařová, Kateřina and DeVries, Zachary and Schal, Coby}, article_location = {New York}, article_number = {1}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-016-5284-y}, keywords = {Pre-copulation reproduction isolation; pheromones; parasites; aggregation behaviour}, language = {eng}, issn = {0932-0113}, journal = {Parasitology Research}, title = {Discrimination between lineage-specific shelters by bat- and human-associated bed bugs does not constitute a stable reproductive barrier}, volume = {116}, year = {2017} }
TY - JOUR ID - 1367080 AU - Balvín, Ondřej - Bartonička, Tomáš - Pilařová, Kateřina - DeVries, Zachary - Schal, Coby PY - 2017 TI - Discrimination between lineage-specific shelters by bat- and human-associated bed bugs does not constitute a stable reproductive barrier JF - Parasitology Research VL - 116 IS - 1 SP - 237-242 EP - 237-242 PB - Springer SN - 09320113 KW - Pre-copulation reproduction isolation KW - pheromones KW - parasites KW - aggregation behaviour N2 - The common bed bug Cimex lectularius, has been recently shown to constitute two host races, which are likely in the course of incipient speciation. The human-associated lineage splits from the ancestral bat-associated species deep in the history of modern humans, likely even prior to the Neolithic Period and establishment of the first permanent human settlements. Hybridization experiments between these two lineages show that post-mating reproductive barriers are incomplete due to local variation. As mating takes place in off- host refugia marked by aggregation semiochemicals, the present investigation tested the hypothesis that bed bugs use these semiochemicals to differentiate between refugia marked by bat- and human-associated bed bugs; this would constitute a pre-copulation isolation mechanism. The preference for lineage-specific odors was tested using artificial shelters conditioned by a group of either male or female bed bugs. Adult males were assayed individually in four-choice assays that included two clean unconditioned control shelters. In most assays, bed bugs preferred to rest in conditioned shelters, with no apparent fidelity to shelters conditioned by their specific lineage. However, 51 % of the bat-associated males preferred unconditioned shelters over female-conditioned shelters of either lineage. Thus, bed bugs show no preferences ER -
BALVÍN, Ondřej, Tomáš BARTONIČKA, Kateřina PILAŘOVÁ, Zachary DEVRIES and Coby SCHAL. Discrimination between lineage-specific shelters by bat- and human-associated bed bugs does not constitute a stable reproductive barrier. \textit{Parasitology Research}. New York: Springer, 2017, vol.~116, No~1, p.~237-242. ISSN~0932-0113. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-016-5284-y.
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