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| Title |
To signal or not to signal? Chemical communication by urine-borne signals mirrors sexual conflict in crayfish
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| Published in |
BMC Biology, March 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1741-7007-8-25 |
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| Authors |
Fiona C Berry, Thomas Breithaupt |
| Abstract |
Sexual selection theory predicts that females, being the limiting sex, invest less in courtship signals than males. However, when chemical signals are involved it is often the female that initiates mating by producing stimuli that inform about sex and/or receptivity. This apparent contradiction has been discussed in the literature as 'the female pheromone fallacy'. Because the release of chemical stimuli may not have evolved to elicit the male's courtship response, whether these female stimuli represent signals remains an open question. Using techniques to visualise and block release of urine, we studied the role of urine signals during fighting and mating interactions of crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus). Test individuals were blindfolded to exclude visual disturbance from dye release and artificial urine introduction. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 86 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Spain | 2 | 2% |
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Croatia | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 77 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 17 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 12% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 15% |
| Unknown | 13 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 54 | 63% |
| Psychology | 6 | 7% |
| Environmental Science | 5 | 6% |
| Philosophy | 1 | 1% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 6 | 7% |
| Unknown | 13 | 15% |