Sexual behavior in Aplysia fasciata induced by homogenates of the distal large hermaphroditic duct.
Copulation was induced in pairs of Aplysia fasciata by adding to the environment a homogenate of the distal portion of the large hermaphroditic duct. Similar effects were not observed in response to an abdominal ganglion homogenate. The data suggest that the duct may secrete a pheromone initiating copulation in Aplysia.
D000818:Animals; D001048:Aplysia / Q000502:physiology*; D003307:Copulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development / Q000503:physiopathology; D006066:Gonads / Q000166:cytology*; D010675:Pheromones / Q000502:physiology*; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000502:physiology*; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors
D010675:Pheromones; D012724:Sex Attractants