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- animal communication
- chemoreception and animal behaviour
- fungi
- hormonelike action
- insect behaviour
- mating behaviour
- mimicry
- olfactory sensitivity
- sensory reception
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insects
- ants
- In E.O. Wilson
- butterflies and moths
- termites
- fish
- reptiles
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- Butenandt
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology - The puzzle of pheromones in nature and their mysterious influence: a comprehensive review (PDF). | Jan 09, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Scientific Reports - Chemical identification of an aggregation pheromone in the termite Reticulitermes speratus. | Nov 14, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cell Press - Current Biology - Pheromones. | Sep 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Pheromones are probably not why people find you attractive. | Jun 06, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - The search for human pheromones: the lost decades and the necessity of returning to first principles. | Apr 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Pheromones. | Dec 01, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smithsonian Institution - Pheromones in Insects. | Sep 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Health - Role of Pheromones in Humans. | Jun 13, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Texas Tech University - Laboratory of Animal Behavior, Physiology and Welfare - The Pheromone Site. | Apr 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Healthline - Everything You Need to Know About Pheromones. | Feb 25, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Human Pheromones. | Dec 29, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Pheromones. | Sep 28, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 07, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | May 17, 2016 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 08, 2016 | ||
| Added new Web site: Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Pheromones and Mammals. | Apr 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Society for Neuroscience - Pheromone. | Apr 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Kimball's Biology Pages - Pheromone. | Apr 10, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 12, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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