Male-specific protein (MSP): A new gene linked to sexual behavior and aggressiveness of tilapia males

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 442-449

  Machnes, Ziv ^a   Avtalion, Ramy ^a   Shirak, Andrey ^b   Trombka, David ^a   Wides, Ron ^a   Fellous, Marc ^c   Don, Jeremy ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

Author keywords

Intra and inter sex communication; Lipocalins; MSP; Sexual dominance and aggressiveness; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIPOCALIN; MALE SPECIFIC PROTEIN; OROSOMUCOID; PROTEIN; RNA;

AGGRESSIVENESS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GLYCOSYLATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MONOPHYLY; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTIS; TILAPIA; URINE;

AGGRESSION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOPROTEINS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; LIPOCALINS; LIVER; MALE; OROSOMUCOID; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SEMINAL VESICLES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SKIN; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TESTIS; TILAPIA;

EID: 47549083464     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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