Love bites: male frogs (Plectrohyla, Hylidae) use teeth scratching to deliver sodefrin precursor-like factors to females during amplexus

Efficient transfer of chemical signals is important for successful mating in many animal species. Multiple evolutionary lineages of animals evolved direct sex pheromone transmission during traumatic mating —the...

Source: Frontiers in Zoology - November 25, 2021 Category: Zoology Authors: Lisa M. Schulte, An Martel, Raciel Cruz-Elizalde, Aurelio Ram írez-Bautista and Franky Bossuyt Tags: Research Source Type: research