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The discovery and characterisation of splendipherin, the first anuran sex pheromone

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Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 10

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia

    Margit A. Apponyi & John H. Bowie

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  1. Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA

    Robert T. Mason

  2. Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR, 97361, USA

    Michael P. LeMaster

  3. State University of New York, ESF 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA

    Dietland Müller-Schwarze

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Apponyi, M.A., Bowie, J.H. (2005). The discovery and characterisation of splendipherin, the first anuran sex pheromone. In: Mason, R.T., LeMaster, M.P., Müller-Schwarze, D. (eds) Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 10. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25160-X_3

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