Title: | Pheromone signaling: a pissing contest in tilapia |
Address: | "Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 13 Natural Resources Building, East Lansing, MI 48848, USA. Electronic address: liweim@msu.edu. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 13 Natural Resources Building, East Lansing, MI 48848, USA" |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.cub.2014.08.001 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1879-0445 (Electronic) 0960-9822 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "In many species, males produce elaborate signals used by females in the evaluation of potential mates. Two urinary steroid epimers have now been shown to be components of a courtship display by male Mozambique tilapia that promotes female maturation" |
Keywords: | Animals Female Glucuronates/*urine Hydroxyprogesterones/*metabolism Male Pregnanetriol/*urine *Reproduction Sex Attractants/*urine Tilapia/*physiology; |
Notes: | "MedlineLi, Weiming Buchinger, Tyler eng Comment England 2014/09/24 Curr Biol. 2014 Sep 22; 24(18):R843-R845. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.08.001" |