"Sex Attractants" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Pheromones that elicit sexual attraction or mating behavior usually in members of the opposite sex in the same species.
| Descriptor ID |
D012724
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D23.641.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Sex Attractants- Sex Attractants
- Attractants, Sex
- Sex Attractant
- Attractant, Sex
- Pheromones, Sexual
- Sexual Pheromones
- Sex Pheromones
- Pheromones, Sex
- Sex Pheromone
- Pheromone, Sex
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Attractants" by people in Profiles.
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Aging modulates cuticular hydrocarbons and sexual attractiveness in Drosophila melanogaster. J Exp Biol. 2012 Mar 01; 215(Pt 5):814-21.
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Comments on recent work by Zhang and colleagues: "Uropygial gland-secreted alkanols contribute to olfactory sex signals in budgerigars". Chem Senses. 2011 Jan; 36(1):3-4; author reply 5-7.
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Species, gender, and identity: cracking petrels' sociochemical code. Chem Senses. 2010 May; 35(4):309-21.
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Olfactory sex recognition investigated in Antarctic prions. PLoS One. 2009; 4(1):e4148.