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  • Chemical cues and the molecular basis of olfactory chemoreception in caudate amphibians

    Creator:
    Kiemnec, Karen M.
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    Chemoreception is one of the dominant sensory modalities for many species of salamanders (reviewed in Chapter 2). At least seven of the ten currently recognized salamander families are known to respond to some sort of chemical cue. These responses are as varied as delaying hatching, seeking refuge, or initiating aggressive...
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    ancestral mode (transdermal delivery). In Chapter 4, I addressed the question of whether the pheromone

  • Pheromone Variation in Plethodontid Salamanders

    Creator:
    Chouinard, Adam J.
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    Plethodontid salamanders have served as an informative vertebrate system for studying the role of chemical signals in facilitating social and reproductive behaviors. Individuals produce complex mixtures of chemicals from multiple glandular regions. In total, these secretions convey a wide variety of information, and are important for numerous inter- and intraspecific...
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    Chemical Signals............................................... 4 Variation and Specificity in Chemical