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Testing the functionality of precloacal secretions from both sexes in the South American lizard, Liolaemus chiliensis
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WoS WOS:000405024000008
Scopus SCOPUS_ID:85020230377
DOI 10.1163/15685381-00003106
Año 2017
Tipo artículo de investigación

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Autores Afiliación Chile

Instituciones Chile

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Internacional

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Extranjeras


Abstract



The behavior of lizards can be highly influenced by chemical senses. The most studied pheromonal sources in lizards has been the femoral and precloacal gland secretions, although studies have been focused on male secretions, probably because these glands are usually only present in males or are poorly developed in females when they are present. Here, we aimed to study in Liolaemus chiliensis, one of the few Liolaemus species in which females have precloacal glands, if female precloacal secretions convey information. We recorded the response of both sexes to secretions from females and males, as well as to control (solvent). The lizards started to explore the secretions sooner than the control. Both sexes moved more when exposed to female secretions than to the control, and males, but not females, explored female secretions more than the other scents. These results suggest that volatile compounds of the secretions allow lizards to recognize the presence of conspecifics, and, at least for males, these trigger the exploration of non-volatile compounds of the secretions that may reveal the sex of the individual that deposited them. This is the first study that explores the response to female precloacal secretions in Liolaemus, and data indicate that the female secretions of L. chiliensis contain relevant information for social interactions.

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Amphibia Reptilia 0173-5373

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Ord. Autor Género Institución - País
1 Valdecantos, Soledad Mujer UNIV NACL SALTA - Argentina
Universidad Nacional de Salta - Argentina
2 LABRA-LILLO, MARIA ANTONIETA Mujer Universidad de Chile - Chile
Univ Oslo - Noruega
Universitetet i Oslo - Noruega

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CONICET

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Agradecimiento
The study was authorized by SAG (Resolution No. 7266) and by the Scientific Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile. SV thanks M Penna for being allowed to perform the experiments in his lab at Universidad de Chile. We thank M. Hoare, M. Mora, F. Urra, C. Escobar, M. Weymann, C. Reyes-Olivares, A. Martinez, and V. Bozzo for their invaluable help in the field and laboratory; three anonymous reviewers for their suggestions to improve a previous version of this manuscript, and T. F. Hansen for his invaluable help with the language. SV thanks CONICET for a visit grant that contributed to developing this study. Founds: CIUNSa No 2241 (SV) and FONDECYT 1120181 (AL).

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