Evolutionary shifts in courtship pheromone composition revealed by EST analysis of plethodontid salamander mental glands

Gene

Volumn 432, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 75-81

  Kiemnec Tyburczy, Karen M ^a   Watts, Richard A ^b   Gregg, Ronald G ^c   von Borstel, Donald ^a   Arnold, Stevan J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Desmognathus ocoee; Eurycea guttolineata; Plethodon shermani; Plethodontid Modulating Factor; Plethodontid Receptivity Factor; Sodefrin Precursor Like Factor

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PEPTIDE HORMONE; PHEROMONE DERIVATIVE; PLETHODONTID MODULATING FACTOR; PLETHODONTID RECEPTOR FACTOR; SODEFRIN PRECURSOR LIKE FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; DESMOGNATHUS OCOEE; DNA LIBRARY; EURYCEA GUTTOLINEATA; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLETHODON SHERMANI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COURTSHIP; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; URODELA;

DESMOGNATHUS OCOEE; EURYCEA GUTTOLINEATA; PLETHODON SHERMANI; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 58549116353     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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