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Chemicals released by male sea cucumber mediate aggregation and spawning behaviours

The importance of chemical communication in reproduction has been demonstrated in many marine broadcast spawners. However, little is known about the use of chemical communication by echinoderms, the nature of the compounds involved and their mechanism(s) of action. Here, the hypothesis that the sea...

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Autores principales: Marquet, Nathalie, Hubbard, Peter C., da Silva, José P., Afonso, João, Canário, Adelino V. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5762768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29321586
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18655-6