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Chemical cues for sea lamprey migration

During the past century, the sea lamprey colonized the Great Lakes of North America and decimated the commercial fishing industry. The isolation and characterization of a migratory pheromone from the sea lamprey expands options for control of this invading species.

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Figure 1: Sea lamprey migratory pheromones and invasive species control.

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Dittman, A. Chemical cues for sea lamprey migration. Nat Chem Biol 1, 316–317 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio1105-316

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