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Janssenswillen, S. & F. Bossuyt, 2016 - Male courtship pheromones induce cloacal gaping in female newts (Salamandridae).

PLoS ONE, 11 (1): e0144985. - pdf


Van Bocxlaer, I., Maex, M., Treer, D., Janssenswillen, S., Janssens, R., Vandebergh, W., Proost, P. & F. Bossuyt, 2016. - Beyond sodefrin: evidence for a multi-component pheromone system in the model newt Cynops pyrrhogaster (Salamandridae).

Scientific Reports, 6: 21880. - pdf


Janssenswillen, I., Willaert, B. Treer, D., Vandebergh, W., Bossuyt, F. & I. Van Bocxlaer, 2015 - High pheromone diversity in the male cheek gland of the red-spotted newt Nothophthalmus viridescens (Salamandridae).

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15: 54.


Van Bocxlaer, I., Treer, D., Maex, M., Vandebergh, W., Janssenswillen, S., Stegen, G., Kok, P., Willaert, B., Matthijs, S., Martens, E., Mortier, A., de Greve, H., Proost, P. & F. Bossuyt, 2015 - Side-by-side secretion of late Palaeozoic diverged courtship pheromones in an aquatic salamander.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B London, 282: 20142960.


Janssenswillen, S., Vandebergh, W., Treer, D., Willaert, B., Maex, M., Van Bocxlaer, I. & F. Bossuyt, 2015 - Origin and diversification of a salamander sex pheromone system.

Molecular Biology & Evolution 32 (2): 472-480.

                              

Willaert, B., Bossuyt, F., Janssenswillen, S., Adriaens, D., Baggerman, G., Matthijs, S., Pauwels, E., Proost, P., Raepsaet, A., Schoofs, L., Stegen, G., Treer, D., Van Hoorebeke, L., Vandebergh, W. & I. Van Bocxlaer, 2013 - Frog nuptial pads secrete mating season-specific proteins related to salamander pheromones.

The Journal of Experimental Biology 216, 4139-4143.

   

Treer, D., Van Bocxlaer, I., Matthijs, S., Du Four, D., Janssenswillen, S., Willaert, B. & F. Bossuyt, 2013 - Love Is Blind: Indiscriminate Female Mating Responses to Male Courtship Pheromones in Newts (Salamandridae).

PLoS ONE, 8(2): e56538.

Dr. Sunita Janssenswillen

PostDoc

Current Research

Sunita has concentrated her PhD on the evolution of male sex pheromone systems in amphibians. For a complete understanding of pheromone communication from a male to a female during courtship, she combined several techniques of behavioral modeling, bioassay design, proteomics, transcriptomics, comparative genomics and phylogenetics. As a postdoctoral researcher, she will redirect her focus and use her expertise to investigate chemical cues involved in social status and individual preferences in dogs.

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