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Postovulatory prostaglandin pheromone goldfish

In fish reproduction, the best-investigated pheromone system is that of the goldfish [Carassius auratus). Here, sex steroids and prostaglandins play important roles. The female produces two pheromones sequentially a preovulatory primer pheromone and a postovulatory prostaglandin pheromone that act on the male. [Pg.203]

FIGURE 7.1 Female goldfish pheromones, (a) The preovulatory pheromone 17a, 20/3-dihydroxypregn-4-en-3 one (b) the postovulatory pheromone 15-keto-prostaglandin 2 -... [Pg.175]

Sorensen, P. W., Kara, T. J., Stacey, N. E., and Goetz, F. W. (1988). F prostaglandins function as potent olfactory stimulants that comprise the postovulatory female sex pheromone in goldfish. Biology ofReproduction 39,1039-1050. [Pg.514]

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