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Cover: A female of the parasitic wasp Lariophagus distinguendus has detected a wheat grain containing a larva of the granary weevil. She drills her ovipositor into the grain to parasitize the host inside. S. Kühbandner and colleagues (pp. 2471−2478) deciphered the chemical signature of the female contact sex pheromone in L. distinguendus. They identified 3-methylheptacosane as a key component of the chemical signal, which, however, elicits male courtship behaviour only if a background of other cuticular lipids is present. Surprisingly, triacylglycerides are also among these behaviourally active lipids, which hitherto have been widely neglected as infochemicals. Photo credit: S. Kühbandner. - PDF Icon PDF LinkTable of contents
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Decreased expression of adipose CD36 and FATP1 are associated with increased plasma non-esterified fatty acids during prolonged fasting in northern elephant seal pups (Mirounga angustirostris)
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Announcing the 2024 JEB Outstanding Paper Prize shortlist and winner
Every year JEB celebrates early-career researchers through the Outstanding Paper Prize. We recognise the shortlisted ECRS that contributed to 11 remarkable studies published in 2024 and congratulate the winner, Elise Laetz, from University of Groningen. See how else JEB supports and promotes ECRs.
Inside the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change with Hans-Otto Pörtner
During the past two decades, Hans-Otto Pörtner has steered climate change policy as a co-Chair of IPCC Working Group II. He tells us about the experience in this Perspective.
Photosynthesis turns symbiotic sea anemone's tentacles toward sun
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History of our journals
As our publisher, The Company of Biologists, turns 100 years old, read about JEB’s history and explore the journey of each of our sister journals: Development, Journal of Cell Science, Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open.
