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Pheromone Signaling: A Pissing Contest in Tilapia
Weiming Li, Tyler Buchinger Current Biology Volume 24, Issue 18, Pages R843-R845 (September 2014) DOI: /j.cub Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions
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Figure 1 Urinating to dominance and mating success.
Dominant males, with large and muscular bladders (B), store and release a large amount of urine [11–13] with high concentrations of 20α- and 20β-pregnanetriol 3-glucuronates (20 α-PG and 20 β-PG) that are known to stimulate the maturation induction hormone, 17,20β-P, in females [4]. Subordinate males have smaller bladders (b). Current Biology , R843-R845DOI: ( /j.cub ) Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions
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