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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2021

Tactic-specific antimicrobial activity suggests a parental care function for accessory glands in a marine toadfish.

Meghan A Pepler, Hindra, Jessica S Miller, Marie A Elliot, Sigal Balshine

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Meghan A PeplerDepartment of Biology, and Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
HindraDepartment of Biology, and Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Jessica S MillerAquatic Behavioural Ecology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience, & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Marie A ElliotDepartment of Biology, and Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Sigal BalshineAquatic Behavioural Ecology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience, & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Males of some species possess extra reproductive organs called accessory glands which are outgrowths of the testes or sperm duct. These organs have a well-established role in reproduction; however, they also appear to have other important functions that are less understood. Here, we investigate the function of the highly complex accessory glands of a marine toadfish,

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BatrachoidiformesAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsMaleReproductionSpermatozoaTestisAnti-Bacterial Agentsaccessory glandsalternative reproductive tacticsantibacterialBatrachoididaepaternal careplainfin midshipman

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PMID33726600
PMCPMC8059540

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