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What is a pheromone?

What is a pheromone? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biology) A chemical secreted by an animal, especially an insect that affects the development or behavior of other members of the same species, functioning often as a means of attracting a member of the opposite sex.
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They isolated a pheromone that female German cockroaches use to attract males.
The pheromone has been partially purified and consists of several related molecules similar to hydroxylated fatty acids.
Other oil fractions showed additional effects, blocking pheromone reception or narcotising and intoxicating animals.
Half of the group added the odorless pheromone to their preferred perfume, the other half added a placebo.
A simple plug-in diffuser that disperses a dog appeasing pheromone into the room is available at some veterinary practices.
This prompted us to test whether any of these proteins could rescue the mutant insensitivities to pheromone.

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