Species specificity of methyl ketone profiles in the skin lipids of female garter snakes, genus Thamnophis

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-58

  Uhrig, Emily J ^a,b   LeMaster, Michael P ^b   Mason, Robert T ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Garter snakes; Methyl ketones; Pheromone; Reptile; Sexual signals; Thamnophis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; KETONE; LIPID; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEX PHEROMONE; SKIN; SNAKE; SYMPATRY;

EID: 84892636761     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2013.12.016     Document Type: Article

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