When bumblebees return to the nest from a successful foraging mission, they produce a pheromone which encourages their nest mates to also go out and find food. Scientists had originally thought that ...

Mating compatibility is a unifying and fundamental process to most eukaryotic species and forms an essential criterion upon which to view reproductive isolation that may lead to evolutionary ...

Pheromones—chemicals produced by animals—are well-known for influencing the social and sexual behavior of members of the same species. These chemical signals convey vital information, such as gender ...

The mating pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been the focus of considerable research effort, yet many quantitative aspects of its regulation still remain unknown. Using an integrated approach ...

Research has revealed that the vomeronasal organ (VNO) is an odor detection system that mediates many pheromone-sensitive behaviors. Vomeronasal sensory neurons (VSNs), located in the VNO, are the ...

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania and the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia have found that exposure to male perspiration has marked psychological and physiological effects on ...