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Biological Factors > Pheromones

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Pheromones  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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  • Pheromone

Note

  • animal, plant & microbes; human = PHEROMONES, HUMAN; SEX PHEROMONES is also available

Scope note

  • Chemical substances, excreted by an organism into the environment, that elicit behavioral or physiological responses from other organisms of the same species. Perception of these chemical signals may be olfactory or by contact.

History note

  • 1968

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010675

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