Pheromone signaling: a pissing contest in tilapia

Weiming Li; Tyler Buchinger

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.08.001

Pheromone signaling: a pissing contest in tilapia

Curr Biol. 2014 Sep 22;24(18):R843-R845. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.08.001.

Authors

Weiming Li¹, Tyler Buchinger²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 13 Natural Resources Building, East Lansing, MI 48848, USA. Electronic address: liweim@msu.edu.
² Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 13 Natural Resources Building, East Lansing, MI 48848, USA.

PMID: 25247358
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.08.001

Abstract

In many species, males produce elaborate signals used by females in the evaluation of potential mates. Two urinary steroid epimers have now been shown to be components of a courtship display by male Mozambique tilapia that promotes female maturation.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Glucuronates / urine*
Hydroxyprogesterones / metabolism*
Male
Pregnanetriol / urine*
Reproduction*
Sex Attractants / urine*
Tilapia / physiology*

Substances

Glucuronates
Hydroxyprogesterones
Sex Attractants
17 alpha,20 beta-dihydroxypregn-4-en-3-one
Pregnanetriol