Identity of a tilapia pheromone released by dominant males that primes females for reproduction

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 2130-2135

  Keller Costa, Tina ^a,b   Hubbard, Peter C ^a   Paetz, Christian ^c   Nakamura, Yoko ^c   Da Silva, José P ^a   Rato, Ana ^a   Barata, Eduardo N ^a,b   Schneider, Bernd ^c   Canario, Adelino V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

17 ALPHA,20 BETA-DIHYDROXYPREGN-4-EN-3-ONE; GLUCURONIC ACID; PREGNANETRIOL; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SMELLING; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TILAPIA; URINE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GLUCURONATES; HYDROXYPROGESTERONES; MALE; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PREGNANETRIOL; REPRODUCTION; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TILAPIA;

EID: 84908218555     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.07.049     Document Type: Article

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