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Title:		Female sex pheromone in the skin and circulation of a garter snake
Author(s):		Garstka WR; Crews D;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1981
Volume:		214
Issue:		4521
Page Number:		681 - 683
DOI:		10.1126/science.7292007
ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Serums and extracts of tissues from the female garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) each act as a pheromone and elicit male courtship behavior when applied to the back of another male. Since pheromonal activity is present in yolk and liver tissue of untreated females and can be induced with estrogen treatment in the serums and livers of males, the pheromone may be associated with the circulating yolk lipoprotein, vitellogenin"
Keywords:		"Animals Female Lipids/physiology Liver/physiology Male Pheromones/*metabolism Sex Attractants/blood/*metabolism Sexual Behavior, Animal/physiology Skin/metabolism Snakes/*physiology Vitellogenins/physiology;"
Notes:		"MedlineGarstka, W R Crews, D eng 1 KOZ MH 00135/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ HD 12709/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. 1981/11/06 Science. 1981 Nov 6; 214(4521):681-3. doi: 10.1126/science.7292007"