Rival, predator, mate: Mapping the molecules that detect chemical cues
Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 10:00
in Biology & Nature
(Medical Xpress) -- The chemical cues that signal animals identity are so important to letting other individuals know how to behave in the presence of a member of their own species whether to mate or fight, for example -- that most mammals have a sensory organ dedicated to detecting pheromones. Or so we thought.