Baby on board: olfactory cues indicate pregnancy and fetal sex in a non-human primate

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Message ‘scent’: lemurs detect the genetic relatedness and quality of conspecifics via olfactory cues

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Extreme sex ratio variation in relation to change in condition around conception

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First evidence for functional vomeronasal 2 receptor genes in primates

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The Pregnancy Sign in Savannah Baboons

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Smelling wrong: hormonal contraception in lemurs alters critical female odour cues

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Pregnancy weight gain: marmoset and tamarin dads show it too

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Volatile signals during pregnancy: a possible chemical basis for mother–infant recognition

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Honest olfactory ornamentation in a female‐dominant primate

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Male pygmy hippopotamus influence offspring sex ratio

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Pregnancy coloration in macaques may act as a warning signal to reduce antagonism by conspecifics

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Endocrine correlates of pregnancy in the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta): Implications for the masculinization of daughters

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Variations in mouse (Mus musculus) urinary volatiles during different periods of pregnancy and lactation

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A hormone-related female anti-aphrodisiac signals temporary infertility and causes sexual abstinence to synchronize parental care

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Sternal Gland Scent-Marking Signals Sex, Age, Rank, and Group Identity in Captive Mandrills

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Design, delivery and perception of condition-dependent chemical signals in strepsirrhine primates: implications for human olfactory communication

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Sampling the Body Odor of Primates: Cotton Swabs Sample Semivolatiles Rather Than Volatiles

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Multimodal Advertisement of Pregnancy in Free-Ranging Female Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata)

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Key Male Glandular Odorants Attracting Female Ring-Tailed Lemurs

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Genetic variation at MHC class II loci influences both olfactory signals and scent discrimination in ring-tailed lemurs

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The role of fathers in mammalian sex allocation

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What smells? Developing in‐field methods to characterize the chemical composition of wild mammalian scent cues

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Pregnancy is detected via odour in a wild cooperative breeder

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Increased number of volatile organic compounds over malignant glottic lesions

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Urinary volatile compounds differ across reproductive phenotypes and following aggression in male Siberian hamsters

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Male brain processing of the body odor of ovulating women compared to that of pregnant women

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Group size and social status affect scent marking in dispersing female meerkats

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Testing for Links Between Female Urine Odor and Male Sexual Behaviors in Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata)

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The Scent Enriched Primate

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Chemical Cues, Hibernation and Reproduction in Female Short-Beaked Echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus): Implications for Sexual Conflict

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Volatile odours reflect breeding status but not social group membership in captive Damaraland mole-rats

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A Field Study of Wild Echidna Responses to Conspecific Odour

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Identifying chemical signals and examining their role in reproduction in the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)

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Sex ratio evolution when fitness and dispersal vary

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Ten years of collaboration between France and Japan - Studies on reproduction in Japanese macaques

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Prosimian Communication

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Prosimian Communication

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Data from: Baby on board: olfactory cues indicate pregnancy and fetal sex in a non-human primate

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Key Male Glandular Odorants Attracting Female Ring-Tailed Lemurs

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Smelling wrong: hormonal contraception in lemurs alters critical female odour cues

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Evidence for a male sex pheromone in a primate?

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Anogenital scent-marking signals fertility in a captive female Alaotran gentle lemur

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