Wyatt TD. Pheromones: Stink Fights in Lemurs.
Curr Biol 2020;
30:R1373-R1375. [PMID:
33202237 DOI:
10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.044]
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Abstract
Some primates, in particular lemurs, have long been known to communicate by smell. However, no bona fide primate pheromones have been identified. A recent study of ring-tailed lemurs offers some - disputed - candidate molecules for a male pheromone.
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