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May 1, 1996Journal of Fish Biology

Overlapping sensitivities of brook trout and brown trout to putative hormonal pheromones

Timothy E. Essington Peter W. Sorensen

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Abstract

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.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a225455f78a2ca8eb82a882 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1996.tb01499.x

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