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Christer Löfstedt

Christer Löfstedt

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Biology and Biochemistry
Sweden
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
60
Citations
10771
World Ranking
2338
National Ranking
52

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Christer Löfstedt is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to research within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields including Insect Science, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Ecology.

The main topics addressed in their publications cover Insect and Pesticide Research, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Insect Pheromone Research and Control, Forest Insect Ecology and Management, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis.

Frequent collaborators in Christer Löfstedt's research include:

  • Honglei Wang
  • Bao-Jian Ding
  • Martin N. Andersson
  • Dandan Zhang
  • Jothi Kumar Yuvaraj

Publishing regularly in specific academic venues, their work appears most prominently in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMC Biology
  • Journal of Applied Entomology
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Metabolic Engineering

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Putative ligand binding sites of two functionally characterized bark beetle odorant receptors," 2021, BMC Biology
  • "Oil crops for the future," 2020, Current Opinion in Plant Biology
  • "Production of moth sex pheromones for pest control by yeast fermentation," 2020, Metabolic Engineering
  • "Functional Evolution of a Bark Beetle Odorant Receptor Clade Detecting Monoterpenoids of Different Ecological Origins," 2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "Mate discrimination among subspecies through a conserved olfactory pathway," 2020, Science Advances

Best Publications

  • Orchid pollination by sexual swindle

    Florian P. Schiestl;Manfred Ayasse;Hannes F. Paulus;Christer Löfstedt

  • Sex pheromone production and perception in European corn borer moths is determined by both autosomal and sex-linked genes.

    Wendell Roelofs;Thomas Glover;Xian-Han Tang;Isabelle Sreng

  • EVOLUTION OF REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES IN THE SEXUALLY DECEPTIVE ORCHID OPHRYS SPHEGODES: HOW DOES FLOWER-SPECIFIC VARIATION OF ODOR SIGNALS INFLUENCE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS?

    Manfred Ayasse;Florian P. Schiestl;Hannes F. Paulus;Christer Löfstedt

  • Functional specialization of olfactory glomeruli in a moth.

    Bill S. Hansson;Håkan Ljungberg;Eric Hallberg;Christer Löfstedt

  • Key biosynthetic gene subfamily recruited for pheromone production prior to the extensive radiation of Lepidoptera.

    Marjorie A Liénard;Maria Strandh;Erik Hedenström;Tomas Johansson

  • Moth Pheromone Genetics and Evolution

    Christer Löfstedt

  • Allelic variation in a fatty-acyl reductase gene causes divergence in moth sex pheromones

    Jean-Marc Lassance;Astrid T. Groot;Marjorie A. Liénard;Binu Antony

  • Sex pheromone mimicry in the early spider orchid (Ophrys sphegodes): patterns of hydrocarbons as the key mechanism for pollination by sexual deception.

    Florian P Schiestl;Manfred Ayasse;HF Paulus;Christer Löfstedt

  • A Massive Expansion of Effector Genes Underlies Gall-Formation in the Wheat Pest Mayetiola destructor

    Chaoyang Zhao;Lucio Navarro Escalante;Hang Chen;Thiago R. Benatti

  • Insect olfaction and the evolution of receptor tuning

    Martin N. Andersson;Christer Löfstedt;Richard D. Newcomb

  • EVOLUTION OF REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES IN THE SEXUALLY DECEPTIVE ORCHID OPHRYS SPHEGODES: HOW DOES FLOWER-SPECIFIC VARIATION OF ODOR SIGNALS INFLUENCE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS?

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  • Sex pheromones and their potential role in the evolution of reproductive isolation in small ermine moths (Yponomeutidae)

    Christer Löfstedt;Wim M. Herrebout;Steph B. J. Menken

  • The Male Sex Pheromone of the Butterfly Bicyclus anynana: Towards an Evolutionary Analysis

    Caroline M. Nieberding;Helene de Vos;Maria V. Schneider;Jean-Marc Lassance

  • Sex pheromone components of the turnip moth,Agrotis segetum : Chemical identification, electrophysiological evaluation and behavioral activity.

    Christer Löfstedt;Jan N. C. Van Der Pers;Jan Lofqvist;Boel S. Lanne

  • Population variation and genetic control of pheromone communication systems in moths

    Christer Löfstedt

  • Adaptation of antennal neurons in moths is associated with cessation of pheromone-mediated upwind flight.

    Thomas C. Baker;Bill Stefan Hansson;Christer Lofstedt;Jan Löfqvist

  • Leaf Volatiles from Nonhost Deciduous Trees: Variation by Tree Species, Season and Temperature, and Electrophysiological Activity in Ips typographus

    Qing H.E. Zhang;Göran Birgersson;Junwei Zhu;Christer Löfstedt

  • Volatiles from flowers of Platanthera bifolia (Orchidaceae) attractive to the silver Y moth, Autographa gamma (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

    Dainius Plepys;Fernando Ibarra;Christer Löfstedt

  • Inheritance of olfactory response to sex pheromone components in Ostrinia nubilalis

    Bill Stefan Hansson;Christer Löfstedt;Wendell L. Roelofs

  • Evolution of multicomponent pheromone signals in small ermine moths involves a single fatty-acyl reductase gene

    Marjorie A. Liénard;Åsa K. Hagström;Jean-Marc Lassance;Christer Löfstedt

  • No linkage between genes controlling female pheromone production and male pheromone response in the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis Hübner (Lepidoptera; Pyralidae).

    Christer Löfstedt;Bill S. Hansson;Wendell Roelofs;B. O. Bengtsson

  • Pheromone dialects in European turnip moths Agrotis segetum

    Christer Lofstedt;Jan Löfqvist;Boel S Lanne;Jan N.C. Van Der Pers

  • Her odours make him deaf: crossmodal modulation of olfaction and hearing in a male moth

    Niels Skals;Peter Anderson;Morten Kanneworff;Christer Löfstedt

  • Moth pheromone receptors: gene sequences, function, and evolution

    Dan-Dan Zhang;Christer Löfstedt

  • Functional consequences of sequence variation in the pheromone biosynthetic gene pgFAR for Ostrinia moths

    Jean-Marc Lassance;Marjorie A. Liénard;Binu Antony;Shuguang Qian

  • Sex pheromone mimicry in the early spider orchid (Ophrys sphegodes): patterns of hydrocarbons as the key mechanism for pollination by sexual deception A Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology

    F.P. Schiestl;M. Ayasse;H.F. Paulus;C. Lofstedt

Frequent Co-Authors

Bill S. Hansson
Bill S. Hansson Max Planck Society
Wittko Francke
Wittko Francke Universität Hamburg
Olle Anderbrant
Olle Anderbrant Lund University
Miklós Tóth
Miklós Tóth Cornell University
Paul M. Brakefield
Paul M. Brakefield University of Cambridge
Richard D. Newcomb
Richard D. Newcomb Plant & Food Research
Jocelyn G. Millar
Jocelyn G. Millar University of California, Riverside
Thomas C. Baker
Thomas C. Baker Pennsylvania State University
Wendell L. Roelofs
Wendell L. Roelofs Cornell University
Fredrik Schlyter
Fredrik Schlyter Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

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