Male but not female olfaction is crucial for intermolt mating in European lobsters (Homarus gammarus L.)

Chemical Senses

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-169

  Skog, Malin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antennule ablation; Chemical communication; Courtship; Crustacea; Reproductive behavior; sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; LOBSTER; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; INSEMINATION; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; NEPHROPIDAE; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEX FACTORS; SMELL;

CRUSTACEA; HOMARUS GAMMARUS;

EID: 59349102521     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjn073     Document Type: Article

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