pheromones

Cultural

Small molecules that, when released by one organism, act as chemical signals to induce a certain behavior in another organism. Scents that attract animals to each other in a mating process are an example of pheromones.

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pheromones

"This keeps the whole group tight together. It's like Guardiola is the queen bee at Manchester City and has got the right pheromones going through his hive at the moment."

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

Once the beetle turns its own pheromones off, it can’t turn them back on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026

The probability of their models was based on the dynamics of these pheromones.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2024

More pheromones created a stronger scent for the ants to follow, a critical factor when the food source is located far from the nest.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2024

There is some preliminary, still fragmentary evidence for important pheromones in primates.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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