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. 2004 Mar 1;101(9):2945–2950. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0308447101

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3.

Chromatograms of the surface hydrocarbons of eggs and the cuticular hydrocarbons of fertile queens and workers. The compounds have been identified on the basis of retention times (in reference to GC/MS analysis). 1, N-pentacosane; 2, 3-methylpentacosane; 3, 10,14-dimethylhexacosane; 4, N-heptacosane; 5, 9-methyl-, 11-methyl-, and 13-methylheptacosane; 6, 11,15-dimethylheptacosane; 7, 3-methylheptacosane and 7,11-dimethylheptacosane; 8, N-octacosane; 9, 3,7-dimethyl-, 3,9-dimethyl-, 3,11-dimethyl-, and 3,13-dimethylheptacosane; 10, 10-methyl-, 12-methyl-, and 14-methyloctacosane; 11, 12,16-dimethyloctacosane; 12, N-nonacosane; 13, 9-methyl-, 11-methyl-, 13-methyl-, and 15-methylnonacosane; 14, 13,17-dimethyl-, 11,15-dimethyl-, and 9,13-dimethylnonacosane; 15, 3-methylnonacosane; 16, 3,7-dimethyl- and 3,9-dimethylnonacosane; 17, 10-methyl-, 12-methyl-, and 14-methyltriacontane; 18, 4-methyltriacontane and 12,16-dimethyltriacontane; 19, 4,8-dimethyl-, 4,10-dimethyl-, 4,12-dimethyl-, and 4,14-dimethyltriacontane; 20, N-hentriacontane; 21, 4,8,12-trimethyltriacontane; 22, 11-methyl-, 13-methyl-, and 15-methylhentriacontane; 23, 7-methyl- and 9-methylhentriacontane and 13,17-dimethylhentriacontane; 24, 11,15-dimethylhentriacontane; 25, 3-methylhentriacontane; 26, 5,9-dimethyl-, 5,11-dimethyl-, and 5,13-dimethylhentriacontane; 27, 7,11,15-trimethylhentriacontane; 28, N-dotriacontane, 3,7-dimethyl-, and 3,9-dimethylhentriacontane; 29, 3,7,11-trimethylhentriacontane; 30, 3,9,15,21-tetramethyl- and 3,7,11,15-tetramethylhentriacontane; 31, 4,8-dimethyl-, 4,10-dimethyl-, 4,12-dimethyl-, and 4,14-dimethyldotriacontane; 32, N-tritriacontane; 33, 4,8,12,16-tetramethyldotriacontane; 34, 5,9,13,17-tetramethyltritriacontane.