During the past century, the sea lamprey colonized the Great Lakes of North America and decimated the commercial fishing industry. The isolation and characterization of a migratory pheromone from the sea lamprey expands options for control of this invading species.
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Dittman, A. Chemical cues for sea lamprey migration. Nat Chem Biol 1, 316–317 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio1105-316
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