| Pheromone cuts
down a male’s flirting time
The latest of only
a handful of vertebrate pheromones that have been identified is a
protein in a male salamander’s chin that speeds courtship.
References:
Rollmann, S.M.,
L.D. Houck, and R.C. Feldhoff. 1999. Proteinaceous pheromone affecting
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Further Readings:
1996. One scent
woos elephants and insects. Science News 149(March 9):159.
Adler, T. 1996.
How the queen bee makes her pheromone. Science News 149(March
30):198.
Mlot, C. 1997.
Cockroach scent as status symbol. Science News 152(Sept. 13):170.
Rasmussen, L.E.L.,
et al. 1996. Insect pheromones in elephants. Nature
379:684.
Seppa, N. 1998. Nailing down pheromones in humans.
Science News 153(March 14):164.
Sources:
Ring Cardé
University of California, Riverside
Department of Entomology
Riverside, CA 92521
Lynne Houck
Oregon State University
Department of Zoology
3029 Cordley Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
Bets Rasmussen
Oregon Graduate Institute
20,000 NW Walker Road
Beaverton, OR 97006
Stephanie M.
Rollmann
University of Chicago
Department of Ecology and Evolution
1101 East 57th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
John G.
Vandenbergh
North Carolina State University
Department of Zoology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
116 David Clark Laboratories
Campus Box 7617
Raleigh, NC 27695-7617
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 12, September 18, 1999, p. 182. Copyright ©
1999, Science Service. |