Uropygial gland-secreted alkanols contribute to olfactory sex signals in Budgerigars

Chemical Senses

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 375-382

  Zhang, Jian Xu ^a   Wei, Wei ^a   Zhang, Jin Hua ^a   Yang, Wei He ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aves; Female attractant; Male pheromone; Melopsittacus undulatus; Olfactory sex recognition; Uropygial gland

Indexed keywords

ALKANOL; EICOSANOL; NONADECANOL; OCTADECANOL; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BUDGERIGAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROOMING; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PARROT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE; UROPYGIAL GLAND;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COURTSHIP; CRICETINAE; FATTY ALCOHOLS; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MELOPSITTACUS; MOTHS; PHEROMONES; SCENT GLANDS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; MELOPSITTACUS; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS;

EID: 77953882085     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjq025     Document Type: Article

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