Pheromones
Pheromones are chemicals released by an organism into its environment enabling it to communicate with other members of its own species.
Insect Pheromones ...
pheromone
(fair-uh-mone) [Gk. phero, to bear, carry]
A small, volatile chemical signal that functions in communication between animals and acts much like a hormone in influencing physiology and behavior.
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pheromones Chemical signals that travel between organisms rather than between cells within an organism; serve as a form of communication between animals.
Pheromone: A substance, such as a sex attractant, that is given off by one individual and causes a specific reaction in other individuals of the same species.
Phylum, Phyla (pl.): One of the major divisions of the animal kingdom.
pheromone. A substance secreted by an organism to affect the behavior or development of other members of the same species; sex pheromones that attract the opposite sex for mating are used in monitoring certain insects.
Pheromone. A hormone-like substance that is secreted into the environment.
Phosphatase. An enzyme that hydrolyzes esters of phosphoric acid, removing a phosphate group.
Pheromone a chemical emitted for communication with other members of the same species
(phero‚ fer = to bear or carry) ...
pheromone Chemical substance released by one organism that influences the behavior or physiological processes of another organism.
philopatric Remaining near the place of birth after sexual maturation.
To detect pheromones many vertebrates have an auxiliary olfactory sense organ called vomeronasal organ, located in the vomer, between the nose and the mouth. Snakes use it to smell prey, sticking their tongue out and touching it to the organ.
However, Stubbs and her team also noted striking species-specific differences in the content and functional capacity of certain types of genes, including those encoding zinc-finger transcription factors, olfactory receptors, pheromone receptors, ...
The needs of the colony are communicated between honeybees by pheromones, chemical signals which trigger behavioral responses.
Hormones which are released into the air instead of a fluid are called pheromones. Insects use pheromones in attracting mates. Even human produce airborne hormones.
It's very much like a pheromone in insects that attracts the female to the male, or the male to the female. We don't know how it works. It's fascinating.
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