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Pheromonal mediation of reproductive behavior in the brown tree snake

Creator:

Greene, Michael John

Abstract:

In animals, reproductive behaviors serve to attract individuals together during the breeding season and to coordinate the behavioral and physiological states of individuals so that mating can successfully occur. In snakes, the various reproductive behaviors including courtship, mating, courtship inhibition, male combat and trailing are mediated primarily by pheromones. Pheromones...

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Dissertation
Chemical signaling and pheromone evolution in plethodontid salamanders

Creator:

Palmer, Catherine Anne

Abstract:

My dissertation focuses on the evolutionary forces that have shaped the chemical signaling system of plethodontid salamanders. Pheromones mediate two phases of plethodontid reproduction: mate attraction prior to courtship and female persuasion during courtship. Substrate-borne chemical signals are believed to play an important role in mate attraction for these animals....

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Dissertation
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...

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Dissertation