Chemical communication in tilapia: A comparison of Oreochromis mossambicus with O. niloticus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 207, Issue , 2014, Pages 13-20

  Hubbard, Peter C ^a   Mota, Vasco C ^a,b   Keller Costa, Tina ^a,c   da Silva, José Paulo ^a   Canário, Adelino V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cichlid; Olfaction; Pheromone; Speciation; Steroid; Urine

Indexed keywords

5B PREGNANE 3A,17,20 ALPHA TRIOL 3 ALPHA GLUCURONIDE; 5B PREGNANE 3A,17,20B TRIOL 3A GLUCURONIDE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL 3 GLUCURONIDE; STEROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESTRADIOL-3-GLUCURONIDE; PREGNANE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY THRESHOLD; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; REPRODUCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; URINALYSIS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; PHYSIOLOGY; TILAPIA; URINE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLFACTORY BULB; PREGNANES; REPRODUCTION; SMELL; TILAPIA;

EID: 84908136077     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.06.022     Document Type: Article

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