The role of pheromones in orchestrating social behaviors in reptiles is reviewed. Although
all reptile orders are examined, the vast majority of the literature has dealt only with …

Snakes of both sexes display remarkable flexibility and diversity in their reproductive tactics.
Many features of reproduction in female snakes (such as reproductive mode and frequency …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

In this work, George C. Williams--one of evolutionary biology's most distinguished scholars--
examines the mechanisms and meaning of natural selection in evolution. Williams offers his …

The Garter Snakes: Evolution and Ecology is the first comprehensive review of the genus
Thamnophis in nearly ninety years. The book includes color plates of all species (many …

Full-length complementary DNAs (cDNAs) are essential for the correct annotation of
genomic sequences and for the functional analysis of genes and their products. We isolated …

Relations between structure, function, and constraint in the chemical communication
systems of terrestrial vertebrates are examined from a design-feature perspective. A survey …

We show that reproductively mature male sea lampreys release a bile acid that acts as a
potent sex pheromone, inducing preference and searching behavior in ovulated female …

Sex Differences serves as an advanced text for courses in evolutionary and human biology,
psychology, and sexuality and gender studies. It also serves as a reference source for …

The sense of smell is probably the most important sense to a large number of the animal
species on Earth and the aim of the study of olfactory cell biology is to understand the …