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Dorid nudibranch elaborates its own chemical defense |
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| Authors: | Cimino G DE Rosa S DE Stefano S Sodano G Villani G |
| Abstract: | A biosynthetic experiment with mevalonic acid labeled with carbon-14 showed that the nudibranch Dendrodoris limbata elaborates polygodial, a sesquiterpenoid dialdehyde stored in the mantle, which constitutes its chemical defense against predators. Previously described nudibranchs drew defensive chemicals from their preys. |
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