The joy of sex pheromones.

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serval:BIB_11F0DA549610
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
The joy of sex pheromones.
Journal
EMBO Reports
Author(s)
Gomez-Diaz C., Benton R.
ISSN
1469-3178 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1469-221X
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2013
Volume
14
Number
10
Pages
874-883
Language
english
Abstract
Sex pheromones provide an important means of communication to unite individuals for successful reproduction. Although sex pheromones are highly diverse across animals, these signals fulfil common fundamental roles in enabling identification of a mating partner of the opposite sex, the appropriate species and of optimal fecundity. In this review, we synthesize both classic and recent investigations on sex pheromones in a range of species, spanning nematode worms, insects and mammals. These studies reveal comparable strategies in how these chemical signals are produced, detected and processed in the brain to regulate sexual behaviours. Elucidation of sex pheromone communication mechanisms both defines outstanding models to understand the molecular and neuronal basis of chemosensory behaviours, and reveals how similar evolutionary selection pressures yield convergent solutions in distinct animal nervous systems. EMBO reports advance online publication 13 September 2013; doi:10.1038/embor.2013.140.
Keywords
sex pheromone, receptor, neural circuit, behaviour, evolution
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
Create date
01/11/2013 9:48
Last modification date
20/08/2019 12:39
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