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High pheromone diversity in the male cheek gland of the red-spotted newt Notophthalmus viridescens (Salamandridae)

BACKGROUND: Male salamanders (Urodela) often make use of pheromones that are produced in sexually dimorphic glands to persuade the female into courtship and mating. The mental gland of lungless salamanders (Plethodontidae) and dorsal cloacal glands (or abdominal glands) of newts (Salamandridae) have...

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Autores principales: Janssenswillen, Sunita, Willaert, Bert, Treer, Dag, Vandebergh, Wim, Bossuyt, Franky, Van Bocxlaer, Ines
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4379952/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25888438
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0333-1