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Sex attractant pheromone of the house fly: isolation, identification and synthesis
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|October 1, 1971
Abstract:
A sex pheromone isolated from the cuticle and feces of the female house fly attracts the male fly; it has been identified as (Z)-9-tricosene. Chemical and biological comparisons of the natural and synthesized compounds show that they are identical.