Behavioral characterization of attractin, a water-borne peptide pheromone in the genus Aplysia

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-25

  Painter, Sherry D ^a   Clough, Bret ^a   Black, Sara ^a   Nagle, Gregg T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; MOLLUSC; PEPTIDE; PHEROMONE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; APLYSIA; APLYSIA BRASILIANA; APLYSIIDAE; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0043037238     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543441     Document Type: Article

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