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‘Pheromones’: a New Term for a Class of Biologically Active Substances
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“The term pheromone was coined to describe a chemical substance which carries a message about the physiological or behavioral state of an insect to members of its own species, resulting in 'a specific reaction, for example a definite behaviour or a developmental process' (Karlson and Luscher, 1959).”
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“It can be argued (Beauchamp et al., 1976) that there is no need for a special term for mutually beneficial chemical communication, but, as emphasized by Karlson and Luscher (Karlson and Luscher, 1959), some distinction between communication and a casual use of chemosensory information does seem a useful distinction.”
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“It is clear in the original description, and in a later more extensive review of examples (Karlson and Butenandt, 1959), that this was to be real communication, beneficial to the sender and, by implication, to the receiver.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- KARLSON, P., & LÜSCHER, M.
- Affiliations
- Max Planck Society (DE)
- University of Bern (CH)
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 1959-01
- Volume
- 183
- Issue
- 4653
- Pages
- 55-56
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2012771681
- Cited by
- 1,364
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 21 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 46 · 2023: 55 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 43 · 2020: 38 · 2019: 27 · 2018: 51 · 2017: 43 · 2016: 49 · 2015: 49 · 2014: 70 · 2013: 44 · 2012: 58
- FWCI
- 22.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Insect Pheromone Research and Control
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Sensory Systems › Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Keywords
- pheromones, chemical communication, insect glands, interspecies communication, mating behavior
- MeSH terms
- Hormones, Humans, Pheromones
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