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Sexual pheromones and gamete chemotaxis inAnalipus japonicus (Phaeophyceae)

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Female gametes of the marine brown algaAnalipus japonicus secrete a complex bouquet of olefinic C11-hydrocarbons. The major compound is ectocarpene, while hormosirene and dictyotene are present at levels of 2%. Although a minor constituent of the pheromone bouquet, hormosirene is 100 times more active as a male-attractant than ectocarpene. Thus, sex attraction inAnalipus is mediated by two compounds, which diverge largely in concentration and biological activity.

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  1. Fakultät für Biologie der Universität, D-7750, Konstanz, Federal Republic of Germany

    D. G. Müller, B. Stache & E. Fölster

  2. Department of Biological Science, Hokkaido University, 060, Sapporo, Japan

    H. Kawai

  3. Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität, Richard Willstätter Allee, D-7500, Karlsruhe, Federal Republic of Germany

    W. Boland

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Müller, D.G., Kawai, H., Stache, B. et al. Sexual pheromones and gamete chemotaxis inAnalipus japonicus (Phaeophyceae). Experientia 46, 534–536 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01954258

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