Tetrodotoxin levels in eggs of the rough-skin newt, Taricha granulosa, are correlated with female toxicity

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1729-1739

  Hanifin, Charles T ^a   Brodie III, Edmund D ^b   Brodie Jr , Edmund D ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudata; Chemical defense; Egg toxicity; Salamandridae; Taricha granulosa; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

LIPID; NEUROTOXIN; TETRODOTOXIN;

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; EGG; REPTILE; TOXICITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CLUTCH SIZE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EGG; EGG SIZE; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; NEWT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN TOXICITY; STEREOISOMERISM; TARICHA GRANULOSA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; OVUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALAMANDRIDAE; SKIN; TETRODOTOXIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; REPTILIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TARICHA; TARICHA GRANULOSA;

EID: 0042232303     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024885824823     Document Type: Article

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