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Overlapping sensitivities of brook trout and brown trout to putative hormonal pheromones
Author(s) -
Essington T. E.,
Sorensen P. W.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1996.tb01499.x
Subject(s) - biology , sex pheromone , trout , brown trout , zoology , pheromone , ecology , hormone , fish <actinopterygii> , endocrinology , fishery
The olfactory systems of brook and brown trout were equally sensitive to prostaglandin F 2a and its derivatives, suggesting that these species have similar sex pheromone systems. This may explain partially hybridization behaviour observed between these species.