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pheromone: a standalone construct

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pheromone1 CONSTRUCTPheromoneKARLSON & LÜSCHER · 1959

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Chemical ecology

A chemical signal between members of one species

A pheromone is a substance secreted by an organism that triggers a specific behavioural or physiological response in another member of the same species, a chemical signal for communication. Karlson and Lüscher’s 1959 paper coined the term to separate these externally acting signals from internally acting hormones. The referent is an inter-organism chemical signal defined by its function (intraspecific communication) rather than by any single structure, and it is distinguished from the interspecific semiochemicals (kairomones, allomones) that share its chemistry.[1]

Unit
A chemical signal mediating intraspecific communication
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Established by bioassay of the behavioural/physiological response and by chemical identification of the active compound(s)

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References

  1. Karlson, P., & Lüscher, M. (1959). ‘Pheromones’: A new term for a class of biologically active substances. Nature, 183(4653), 55–56. https://doi.org/10.1038/183055a0

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