title: Pheromone signaling: a pissing contest in tilapia.
abstract: In many species, males produce elaborate signals used by females in the evaluation of potential mates. Two urinary steroid epimers have now been shown to be components of a courtship display by male Mozambique tilapia that promotes female maturation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 13 Natural Resources Building, East Lansing, MI 48848, USA. Electronic address: liweim@msu.edu.
authors.forename: Weiming
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 13 Natural Resources Building, East Lansing, MI 48848, USA.
authors.forename: Tyler
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Buchinger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005965:Glucuronates / Q000652:urine*; D006908:Hydroxyprogesterones / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D011279:Pregnanetriol / Q000652:urine*; D012098:Reproduction; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000652:urine*; D017210:Tilapia / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D005965:Glucuronates; D006908:Hydroxyprogesterones; D012724:Sex Attractants; C021012:17 alpha,20 beta-dihydroxypregn-4-en-3-one; D011279:Pregnanetriol