Olfactory evolution: mice rethink stink.
Animals use a vast array of chemicals to communicate with others. How such signals originate is poorly known. Now a study traces the emergence of a signal from a metabolic product and the evolution of its behavioural significance.
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany. mstensmyr@ice.mpg.de
Marcus
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Stensmyr
Florian
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Maderspacher
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