Hard-shell mating in Neohelice granulata: the role of ecdysone in female receptivity and mate attraction
Most brachyuran females become receptive during the intermolt period, a condition considered “derived”. However, as far as we know, studies testing the existence and function of pheromones in decapods are based on species which have mating linked to molting, a condition considered as “ancestral”. Fo...
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todo:paper_03407594_v203_n3_p233_SalMoyano2023-10-03T15:26:09Z Hard-shell mating in Neohelice granulata: the role of ecdysone in female receptivity and mate attraction Sal Moyano, M.P. Luppi, T. Medesani, D.A. McLay, C.L. Rodríguez, E.M. Cuticle softening Ecdysteroids Hard-shell mating Pheromones Vulvae ecdysone animal animal shell Brachyura female male molting physiology sexual behavior Animal Shells Animals Brachyura Ecdysone Female Male Molting Sexual Behavior, Animal Most brachyuran females become receptive during the intermolt period, a condition considered “derived”. However, as far as we know, studies testing the existence and function of pheromones in decapods are based on species which have mating linked to molting, a condition considered as “ancestral”. For the first time, we studied some physiological and morphological processes involved in Neohelice granulata intermolt female crabs becoming receptive and potentially attracting males. We found that receptive females have mobile vulvae opercula due to a softening process of the cuticle hinge which showed lower calcium levels compared to the hinge of unreceptive females. Local softening of the hinge was stimulated by a low concentration of ecdysone during the intermolt period. A putative pheromone liberated by receptive females to attract males is presumed to be released through the mobile vulvae and not through the urine. © 2017, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Fil:Medesani, D.A. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Rodríguez, E.M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_03407594_v203_n3_p233_SalMoyano |
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Cuticle softening Ecdysteroids Hard-shell mating Pheromones Vulvae ecdysone animal animal shell Brachyura female male molting physiology sexual behavior Animal Shells Animals Brachyura Ecdysone Female Male Molting Sexual Behavior, Animal |
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Cuticle softening Ecdysteroids Hard-shell mating Pheromones Vulvae ecdysone animal animal shell Brachyura female male molting physiology sexual behavior Animal Shells Animals Brachyura Ecdysone Female Male Molting Sexual Behavior, Animal Sal Moyano, M.P. Luppi, T. Medesani, D.A. McLay, C.L. Rodríguez, E.M. Hard-shell mating in Neohelice granulata: the role of ecdysone in female receptivity and mate attraction |
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Cuticle softening Ecdysteroids Hard-shell mating Pheromones Vulvae ecdysone animal animal shell Brachyura female male molting physiology sexual behavior Animal Shells Animals Brachyura Ecdysone Female Male Molting Sexual Behavior, Animal |
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Most brachyuran females become receptive during the intermolt period, a condition considered “derived”. However, as far as we know, studies testing the existence and function of pheromones in decapods are based on species which have mating linked to molting, a condition considered as “ancestral”. For the first time, we studied some physiological and morphological processes involved in Neohelice granulata intermolt female crabs becoming receptive and potentially attracting males. We found that receptive females have mobile vulvae opercula due to a softening process of the cuticle hinge which showed lower calcium levels compared to the hinge of unreceptive females. Local softening of the hinge was stimulated by a low concentration of ecdysone during the intermolt period. A putative pheromone liberated by receptive females to attract males is presumed to be released through the mobile vulvae and not through the urine. © 2017, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. |
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Sal Moyano, M.P. Luppi, T. Medesani, D.A. McLay, C.L. Rodríguez, E.M. |
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Sal Moyano, M.P. Luppi, T. Medesani, D.A. McLay, C.L. Rodríguez, E.M. |
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Sal Moyano, M.P. |
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Hard-shell mating in Neohelice granulata: the role of ecdysone in female receptivity and mate attraction |
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Hard-shell mating in Neohelice granulata: the role of ecdysone in female receptivity and mate attraction |
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Hard-shell mating in Neohelice granulata: the role of ecdysone in female receptivity and mate attraction |
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Hard-shell mating in Neohelice granulata: the role of ecdysone in female receptivity and mate attraction |
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Hard-shell mating in Neohelice granulata: the role of ecdysone in female receptivity and mate attraction |
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hard-shell mating in neohelice granulata: the role of ecdysone in female receptivity and mate attraction |
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