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The chemical basis of the color dimorphism of an aphid,Macrosiphum liriodendri (monell), and a locust,Amblycorypha sp. Novel carotenoids

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Der Unterschied in der Färbung von rosa und grünen Varianten der BlattlausMacrosiphum liriodendri beruht auf Unterschieden der Carotinoid-Fraktionen. Einige dieser Carotinoide gehören zu Typen, die bisher nur in Mikroorganismen angetroffen worden sind, was Verschiedenheit in Art oder biosynthetischer Aktivität von Mikrosymbionten als Ursache des Pigmentierungs-Dimorphismus vermuten lässt. Die Färbung der seltenen rosa Variante der HeuschreckeAmblycorypha scheint durch einen Carotinoid-Protein-Komplex bedingt zu sein.

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  1. R. J. J. C. Lousberg

    Present address: Organic Chemistry Laboratory, State University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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  1. National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 20014, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    K. H. Weisgraber, R. J. J. C. Lousberg & U. Weiss

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The authors are indebted to Dr. S.Liaaen-Jensen for identification of our carotenoids, advice on chromatographic techniques, and advance information on her pigment P-444, to Dr.Louise M.Russell for taxonomic identification of the aphid species, to Dr. D. W.Cameron for that of the aphinin, and To Mr. W. E.Comstock for mass spectra.

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Weisgraber, K.H., Lousberg, R.J.J.C. & Weiss, U. The chemical basis of the color dimorphism of an aphid,Macrosiphum liriodendri (monell), and a locust,Amblycorypha sp. Novel carotenoids. Experientia 27, 1017–1018 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02138852

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