Finding females: Pheromone-guided reproductive tracking behavior by male Nereis succinea in the marine environment

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 757-765

  Ram, Jeffrey L ^a,b   Fei, Xubo ^c   Danaher, S Michelle ^b   Lu, Shiyong ^c   Breithaupt, Thomas ^b   Hardege, Jörg D ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Annelida; Computer simulation; Cysteine glutathione disulfide; Polychaete; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; CYSTEINE-GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE; SEX PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHAETA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POLYCHAETA; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; NEREIS SUCCINEA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 42149148744     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.012773     Document Type: Article

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