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Filtering by: Advisor Mason, Robert T. Committee Member Weis, Virginia Date issued sim 2010-04-15

Activation, modification and suppression of sex pheromone production in garter snakes

Creator:

Parker, M. Rockwell

Abstract:

Vertebrates communicate with one another and coordinate intraspecific reproduction by using a variety of sexually dimorphic signals, such as plumage, ornaments, sounds, and/or scents. These sexual dimorphisms are maintained by physiological factors, typically sex-specific hormones (though see Chapter 3 for an exception). The purpose of the research in this dissertation...

Resource Type:

Dissertation