Hormonal Basis for Breeding Behavior in Female Frogs: Vasotocin Inhibits the Release Call of Rana pipiens
- 31 March 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 199 (4336) , 1456-1457
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.305115
Abstract
Inhibition of the release call in gravid female frogs facilitates maintenance of the male's clasp so that oviposition and spawning can occur. Arginine-8 vasotocin inhibits the release call by causing an accumulation of water and internal pressure.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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