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pheromone
pheromone A chemical substance, produced and released into the environment by an animal, which then elicits a physiological and/or behavioural response in another individual of the same species. For example, pheromones are released by a variety of glands on the abdomen, head and wings of insects.
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Pheromone detection of conspecifics by the Five-Lined Skink, Eumeces fasciatus.
Magazine article from: Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...assessing chemical cues or pheromones. We tested whether...a conspecific from pheromone samples. Each male...did tongue flick to pheromone samples, but did not...conspecific versus self pheromone...among individuals by pheromones or odors is important...
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Pheromones and Pheromone Receptors Are Required for Proper Sexual Development in the Homothallic Ascomycete Sordaria macrospora
Magazine article from: Genetics; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...factor-like pheromones and to G-protein-coupled pheromone receptors of the...results suggest that pheromones and pheromone receptors are...factorpeptide pheromones (CALDWELL et...Each kind of pheromone is able to bind...
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Pheromones, odor may be linked to human behavior
News Wire article from: University Wire; 3/25/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...that washes away the pheromones and reduces their ability...to increase one's pheromone manufacturing. "Anything...their perfumes with pheromones in them." Marshall...s fragrance called Pheromone, by perfumer Marilyn...hormones, contains animal pheromones. It was described...
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Pheromones: what's in a name?: a recent study showing evidence for human pheromones has excited the imaginations of scientists and the public alike.(includes related articles on human and elephant pheromones)
Magazine article from: BioScience; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...contain human pheromones that will...definition of a pheromone as a substance...fits some pheromones (including...identified pheromone, a sex attractant...be called a pheromone. Most agree...definition of pheromones: chemicals...
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Pheromones: No Love Potion No. 9
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 1/18/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...creation of the word pheromone. Pheromones are chemical...whether humans have pheromones and the online sales of supposedly pheromone-based potions...TRISTRAM WYATT (Pheromone Researcher...Wyatt studies pheromones at the University...
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Pheromone Communication in the Watersnake, Nerodia sipedon: A Mechanistic Difference Between Semi-aquatic and Terrestrial Species
Magazine article from: The American Midland Naturalist; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...that watersnake pheromones are heavy, volatile...the vicinity of pheromone concentrations. In addition to pheromones, males use other...parietalis these pheromones consist of a homologous...females by following pheromone trails (Ford...
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Pheromones: what's in a name? (reaction of scientific community to evidence of human pheromones studied by Kathleen Stern and Martha McClintock in the March 1998 issue of 'Nature')(includes related articles on human and elephant pheromones)
Magazine article from: BioScience; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...contain human pheromones that will...definition of a pheromone as a substance...fits some pheromones (including...identified pheromone, a sex attractant...be called a pheromone. Most agree...definition of pheromones: chemicals...
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Pheromone cuts down a male's flirting time.(pheromone effects in vertebrate animals)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Science News; 9/18/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Carde, who studies moth pheromones, acknowledges that tracing pheromone effects in vertebrates...a role in vertebrate pheromone systems. Vertebrates send and recede pheromones via many routes. The pheromone that Rasmussen discovered...
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Pheromone receptors need 'escorts'.
Newspaper article from: Life Science Weekly; 3/24/2003; 700+ words
; ...animal's response to pheromones. Modulation of pheromone activity might aid...the studies. The pheromone communication system...animals. Detection of pheromones takes place in a...nasal cavity, the pheromone sensory system is...
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Pheromones may enhance sex appeal
News Wire article from: University Wire; 2/14/2005; ; 641 words
; ...allow him to "map pheromone activation at the first...brain's response to pheromones. In related studies...a gene required for pheromone detection and are close...in mice needed for pheromone response. Despite the controversial nature of pheromones, there is a growing...
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Pheromones
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...perception of pheromone messages. The configurations of pheromones are critical...configuration of a pheromone can trigger a...one molecule of pheromone in 1x1O I7 molecules...Insects detect pheromones with specialized...
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Pheromone
Book article from: Biology
...physiology or behavior. Pheromones are often involved...away and broadcast a pheromone early in the morning...process called spawning. Pheromones in these secretions...examples have involved pheromones carried in the air...receiving organism and the pheromone must sometimes occur...
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pheromones
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...cells elsewhere in the body, pheromones are odours that ‘...species that pick up the scent. Pheromones are widespread in the animal...A classic example is the pheromone emitted by female gypsy moths...lexicon’ of different pheromones, which they use to elicit...
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pheromone
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
pheromone ( ectohormone ) A chemical substance...organism, usually of the same species. Pheromones play an important role in the social...in colonies (see queen substance ). Pheromones are usually highly volatile organic...
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aggregation pheromone
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
aggregation pheromone See PHEROMONES .
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