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  • 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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    also goes out to my committee members, Dede Olson, Andy Blaustein and Fred Obermiller, for tolerating