Ancient pheromone blend as an alternative for copulation in internally fertilizing salamanders

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1 Amphibian Evolution Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
2 Laboratory of Immunobiology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
3 Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institut, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K.U. Leuven), Leuven, Belgium
4 Structural and Molecular Microbiology, VIB Department of Structural Biology, VIB, Brussels, Belgium
5 Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
6 Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institut, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KULeuven), Leuven, Belgium
DOI
10.7287/peerj.preprints.457v1
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Subject Areas
Animal Behavior, Evolutionary Studies
Keywords
evolution, phylogeny, gene duplications, amphibians, protein pheromones
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© 2014 Van Bocxlaer et al.
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Van Bocxlaer I, Treer D, Maex M, Vandebergh W, Janssenswillen S, Stegen G, Kok PJR, Willaert B, Matthijs S, Martens E, Mortier A, De Greve H, Proost P, Bossuyt F. 2014. Ancient pheromone blend as an alternative for copulation in internally fertilizing salamanders. PeerJ PrePrints 2:e457v1

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