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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Aquatic sex pheromone from a male tree frog |
Author: | Wabnitz, P. Bowie, J. Tyler, M. Wallace, J. Smith, B. |
Citation: | Nature, 1999; 401(6752):444-445 |
Publisher: | MACMILLAN MAGAZINES LTD |
Issue Date: | 1999 |
ISSN: | 0028-0836 1476-4687 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Paul A. Wabnitz, John H. Bowie, Michael J. Tyler, John C. Wallace & Ben P. Smith |
Abstract: | Many creatures use chemical signals (pheromones) as sources of information about the world around them. For example, a sex pheromone produced by one sex (usually the female) of a particular species induces an immediate behavioural response in the opposite sex of the same species. However, very little is known about amphibian pheromones. We have now discovered and characterized an aquatic, female-attracting pheromone from the parotoid and rostral glands of a male frog, the magnificent tree frog, Litoria splendida. To our knowledge, this pheromone, which we have named splendipherin, is the first pheromone from an anuran (frog or toad) to be identified. |
Keywords: | Parotid Gland Skin Animals Anura Sex Attractants Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid Seasons Amino Acid Sequence Molecular Sequence Data Female Male |
Rights: | © 1999 Macmillan Magazines Ltd. |
DOI: | 10.1038/46724 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/46724 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 7 Ecology, Evolution and Landscape Science publications |
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