History Flashcards
1
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Jean-Henri Fabre
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- worked with insects
- caterpillars march in line, laying down silk
- Pine Processionary Moth
- trail laying pheromone
2
Q
Karl von Frisch (1)
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- European minnow
- cut out chunk of fish for identification purposes
- other fish would dart away from injured fish
- alarm pheromone: schreckstoff
3
Q
Butenandt
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- Silkworm Moth
- aimed to identify substance
- named pheromone bombykol
- female: scent sacs at abdomen
- male: branched antennae and flutter dance (pulls air through branches)
- experiment: fractionate repeatedly, male chose path
4
Q
Lorenzo Longstroth
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- before him people would harvest and kill the hive
- he invented hive with frames
5
Q
McClintoch
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- noticed that synchrony occurs in female groups
- conducted observational type research
6
Q
Preti
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- looked at effect of one female on others by using axillary secretions
- females exposed to axillary secretion of another female were closer in onset of cycle than those in control
7
Q
Wedekind
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- looking at effect of MHC on mate choice
- MHC alters your immune system
- ideally want mate with different MHC
- experiment: test body odour pleasantness and MHC similarity
- body odour rated more pleasant as MHC similarity decreased
8
Q
Jacob et al.
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- eau de dad
- allelles that match paternally to female
- because she exists, she knows her dads genetics are good
- studied through odours
9
Q
Karl von Frisch (2)
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- Honey bees
- observed honey bee waggle dance through a observation shed type building
