Identification of an attractin-like pheromone in the mucus-secreting hypobranchial gland of the abalone haliotis asinina linnaeus

• Main Authors: Chitraporn Kuanpradit, Scott F. Cummins, Bernard M. Degnan, Prapee Sretarugsa, Peter J. Hanna, Prasert Sobhon, Jittipan Chavadej
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/28436

Pheromones are chemicals used to communicate between animals of the same species, and are thought to be used by most marine animals. With limited vision, abalone primarily sense their world chemically, and pheromones may play an important role in settlement, attraction, recognition, alarm, and repro...