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The pheromonal signal then continues to areas of the hypothalamus that are key to reproductive physiology and behavior.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Once, in Costa Rica, I was attacked by ants that crawled surreptitiously up my leg until, at a pheromonal signal, they bit at three different places at the exact same moment.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2020

The nose knows Although the nitty-gritty of their dispersal remains obscure, pheromonal detection mechanisms are becoming clearer.

From Scientific American • Feb. 13, 2012

The colony was doomed by a hereditary trait even more basic than the altruism of the workers and the pheromonal ties that bound them together.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 18, 2010

A pheromonal find You ve tried them all.

From Time Magazine Archive