ArticleScientific reports2016
Evidence of Olfactory Imprinting at an Early Life Stage in Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha).
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- Epigenetics in Captivity: Restoring Wild Phenotypes in Captive-Reared Salmonids.Evolutionary applications · 2026Article
- Olfactory Imprinting to Amino Acids is Unpredictable but Specific.Journal of chemical ecology · 2025Article
- Modular switches shift monarch butterfly migratory flight behavior at their Mexican overwintering sites.iScience · 2024Article
- Behavioral evidence of olfactory imprinting during embryonic and larval stages in lake sturgeon.Conservation physiology · 2023Article
- Labelling fish diets withVeterinary medicine and science · 2022Article
- Effect of prenatal glucocorticoids and thyroid hormones on developmental plasticity of mitochondrial aerobic metabolism, growth and survival: an experimental test in wild great tits.The Journal of experimental biology · 2022Article
- The pink salmon genome: Uncovering the genomic consequences of a two-year life cycle.PloS one · 2021Article
- Exploiting common senses: sensory ecology meets wildlife conservation and management.Conservation physiology · 2021Article
- Critical Period Regulation by Thyroid Hormones: Potential Mechanisms and Sex-Specific Aspects.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2019Article
- Regulation of filial imprinting and structural plasticity by mTORC1 in newborn chickens.Scientific reports · 2018Article
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Abstract
Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) navigate towards spawning grounds using olfactory cues they imprinted on as juveniles. The timing at which imprinting occurs has been studied extensively, and there is strong evidence that salmon imprint on their natal water during the parr-smolt transformation (PST). Researchers have noted, however, that the life histories of some species of Pacific salmon could necessitate imprinting prior to the PST. Juvenile pink salmon (O. gorbuscha) spend less time in fresh water than any other species of Pacific salmon, and presumably must imprint on their natal water at a very young age. The time at which imprinting occurs in this species, however, has not been experimentally tested. We exposed juvenile pink salmon as alevins to phenethyl alcohol (PEA) or control water, reared these fish to adulthood, and then tested their behavioural responses to PEA to determine whether the fish successfully imprinted. We found that pink salmon exposed to PEA as alevins were attracted to the chemical as adults, suggesting that imprinting can occur during this stage. Our finding provides some of the first evidence to support the long-standing belief that imprinting can occur in pink salmon prior to the PST.
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