Ana Rato
University of the Algarve
5 Papers
Ana Rato is an academic researcher from University of the Algarve. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sex pheromone & Biology. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications.
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Papers
Identity of a tilapia pheromone released by dominant males that primes females for reproduction.
Tina Keller-Costa,Tina Keller-Costa,Peter C. Hubbard,Christian Paetz,Yoko Nakamura,José Paulo da Silva,Ana Rato,Eduardo N. Barata,Eduardo N. Barata,Bernd Schneider,Adelino V.M. Canario +10 more
TL;DR: The identified urinary steroids prime the female endocrine system to accelerate oocyte maturation and possibly promote spawning synchrony and identify a male Mozambique tilapia urinary sex pheromone as two epimeric (20α and 20β-) pregnanetriol 3-glucuronates.
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Chemical diplomacy in male tilapia: urinary signal increases sex hormone and decreases aggression.
TL;DR: A decoupling between aggression and the androgen response is shown; males fighting their mirror image experience an unresolved interaction and a severe drop in urinary 11KT, however, if concurrently exposed to dominant male urine, aggression drops but urinary 11 KT levels remain high.
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The Impact of Climate Change on Bivalve Farming: Combined Effect of Temperature and Salinity on Survival and Feeding Behavior of Clams Ruditapes decussatus
TL;DR: In this article , the authors evaluated the combined effect of temperature and salinity on mortality and feeding behavior of European clam (Ruditapes decussatus) and found that abrupt reductions in salinity and sharp increases in temperature will lead to high mortality.
Unravelling the Chemical Nature of the Spawning-Inducing Pheromone (SIP) in the Pacific Oyster (Magallana gigas)
Ana Rato,Sandra Joaquim,Domitília Matias,P. C. Hubbard +3 more
TL;DR: This study identifies the spawning-inducing pheromone (SIP) in Pacific oysters as a multicomponent, proteinaceous signal with at least three active components (35 kDa, 3-10 kDa, and <3 kDa) that evoke gamete release in conspecifics.
What do oysters smell? Electrophysiological evidence that the bivalve osphradium is a chemosensory organ in the oyster, Magallana gigas
TL;DR: In this paper , an electrophysiological technique extensively used in vertebrates (the electro-olfactogram) was adapted to record from the osphradium in the Pacific oyster, Magallana gigas .