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Sex hormones of brown algae

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Female gametes of brown algae (Phaeophyta) lure their male partners into copulation by species-specific messengers. The attractants belong to a class of polyunsaturated open-chain or cyclic hydrocarbons which are biogenetically closely interconnected. Studies on the specificity and sensitivity of chemotaxis in brown algae also give insight into evolution and phylogenesis.

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Jaenicke, L. Sex hormones of brown algae. Naturwissenschaften 64, 69–75 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00437346

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