Advances in Chemical Signals in Vertebrates

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives

   1. Signal Specialization and Evolution in Mammals

      • Dietland Müller-Schwarze

      Pages 1-14

   2. Evolution and Specialization of Fish Hormonal Pheromones

      • Peter W. Sorensen, Norm E. Stacey

      Pages 15-47

   3. Ecological and Biochemical Constraints on Pheromonal Signaling Systems in Asian Elephants and Their Evolutionary Implications

      • L. E. L. Rasmussen, Bruce A. Schulte

      Pages 49-62

   4. The Effects of Chemical and Physical Features of Pheromone Plumes Upon the Behavioral Responses of Moths

      • Neil J. Vickers

      Pages 63-76

   5. Scaling Chemosensory Epithelia

      • Ellen Dawley, Michelle Miller, Jill Schnader

      Pages 77-84

   6. Olfactory Communication in Australian Marsupials with Particular Reference to Brushtail Possum, Koala, and Eastern Grey Kangaroo

      • Mario Salamon, Noel W. Davies, D. Michael Stoddart

      Pages 85-98

3. Chemical Identification of Chemical Signals

   1. Recent Biochemical Insights into Puberty Acceleration, Estrus Induction, and Puberty Delay in the House Mouse

      • Milos V. Novotny, Weidong Ma, Lukas Zidek, Eugene Daev

      Pages 99-116

   2. Chemical Analysis of Courtship Pheromones in a Plethodontid Salamander

      • Richard C. Feldhoff, Stephanie M. Rollmann, Lynne D. Houck

      Pages 117-125

   3. Female-Attracting Peptide Pheromone in Newt Cloacal Glands

      • Sakae Kikuyama, Fumiyo Toyoda, Takeo Iwata, Noriyuki Takahashi, Kazutoshi Yamamoto, Hiroaki Hayashi et al.

      Pages 127-136

   4. The Role of Protein Binding in Chemical Communication

      • Robert J. Beynon, Duncan H. L. Robertson, Simon J. Hubbard, Simon J. Gaskell, Jane L. Hurst

      Pages 137-147

   5. How Many Major Urinary Proteins are Produced by the House Mouse Mus Domesticus?

      • Daniela Pes, Duncan H. L. Robertson, Jane L. Hurst, Simon Gaskell, Robert J. Beynon

      Pages 149-161

   6. The Sternal Gland of the Rufous Elephant-Shrew, Elephantulus Rufescens (Macroscelidea, Mammalia)

      • Fred W. Koontz, Judy L. Wellington, Paul J. Weldon

      Pages 163-171

4. The Major Histocompatibility Complex and Odor Communication

   1. Origin, Functions, and Chemistry of H-2 Regulated Odorants

      • Kunio Yamazaki, Alan Singer, Maryanne Curran, Gary K. Beauchamp

      Pages 173-180

   2. MHC and Olfactory Communication in Humans

      • F. Eggert, R. Ferstl, W. Müller-Ruchholtz

      Pages 181-188

   3. HLA and Mate Choice

      • Carole Ober, Lowell R. Weitkamp, Nancy Cox

      Pages 189-199

   4. Perception of HLA-Related Body Odors During the Course of the Menstrual Cycle

      • Bettina M. Pause, Kerstin Krauel, Frank Eggert, Claudia Müller, Bernfried Sojka, Wolfgang Müller-Ruchholtz et al.

      Pages 201-207

5. Signaling Behaviors: Functions of Scent Marking

   1. Scent Marks as Competitive Signals of Mate Quality

      • Jane L. Hurst, Tracey J. Rich

      Pages 209-225

   2. Scent Over-Marking

      • Robert E. Johnston

      Pages 227-238

   3. Scent Over-Marking and Adjacent-Marking as Competitive Tactics Used During Chemical Communication in Voles

      • Michael H. Ferkin

      Pages 239-246

The field of olfactory research and chemical communication is in the early stages of revolutionary change, and many aspects of this revolution are reflected in the chapters in this book. Thus, it should serve admirably as an up-to-date reference. First, a wide range of vertebrate groups and species are represented. Second, there are excellent reviews of specific topics and theoretical approaches to communication by odors, including chapters on signal specialization and evolution in mammals, the evolution of hormonal pheromones in fish, alarm pheromones in fish, chemical repellents, the chemical signals involved in endocrine responses in mice, and the controversy over human pheromones. Third, there are exciting new findings presented in numerous specific topic areas, such as the chemis­ try of pheromones in a wide range of species (salamanders to elephants), the chemistry of proteins that control the release of pheromones, the molecular biology and physiology of detection, coding and response to odor signals, the effects of experience on sensitivity to odors, the role of genes of the immune system in odor production and in human mate choice, the function and perception of scent over-marks, the recognition of individuals and kin by odors, the influence of odors on predator-prey interactions, and the use of odors to help control pests. This book is an offshoot of the Eighth International Symposium on Chemical Sig­ nals in Vertebrates, held at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, July 20-25, 1997, hosted and organized by Bob Johnston.

• amphibians
• biology
• chemistry
• ecology
• evolution
• fish
• predator
• social behavior
• system
• vertebrates

• Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

  Robert E. Johnston

• College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York—Syracuse, Syracuse, USA

  Dietland Müller-Schwarze

• Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Minnesota—St. Paul, St. Paul, USA

  Peter W. Sorensen

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