On the trail of primate scent signals: A field analysis of callitrichid scent-gland secretions by portable gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

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Date Issued
2021
Author
Poirier, Alice C.
Waterhouse, John S.
Watsa, Mrinalini
Erkenswick, Gideon A.
Moreira, Laís A. A.
Tang, Jia
Dunn, Jacob C.
Melin, Amanda D.
Smith, Andrew C.
Subject Terms
TAMARINS
RESEARCH
SCENT MARKING
CHEMISTRY
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
Journal
American Journal of Primatology
Volume
83
Issue
3
Start page
e23236

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23236
Alternative link
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajp.23236
Abstract
…We present the first use of the Torion® portable gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) instrument for in situ chemical analysis of primate scents. We collected and analyzed swab samples from the scent glands and skin from 13 groups (57 individuals) of two sympatric species of wild emperor tamarins, Saguinus imperator, and Weddell's saddleback tamarins, Leontocebus weddelli (Callitrichidae). In total, 11 compounds of interest (i.e., probably derived from the animals) could be detected in the samples, with 31 of 215 samples containing at least one compound of interest….
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12634/903
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Article
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