Putative pheromones from the anal glands of male blennies attract females and enhance male reproductive success.
Parental males of several blenniid species have a pair of glands on the anal fin. These are thought to be a source of pheromones for female attraction and/or of antimicrobials for egg protection. In Salaria pavo, we tested the female attraction hypothesis and whether the anal glands are essential fo...
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| Idioma: | eng |
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2008
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| Texto completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/10174/1093 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/1093 |