Sex Attractants
"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,
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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
- Pheromones, Sexual
- Sexual Pheromones
- Sex Pheromones
- Pheromones, Sex
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1984 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 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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Aprison EZ, Ruvinsky I. Sex Pheromones of C. elegans Males Prime the Female Reproductive System and Ameliorate the Effects of Heat Stress. PLoS Genet. 2015 Dec; 11(12):e1005729.
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Leshan RL, Louis GW, Jo YH, Rhodes CJ, Münzberg H, Myers MG. Direct innervation of GnRH neurons by metabolic- and sexual odorant-sensing leptin receptor neurons in the hypothalamic ventral premammillary nucleus. J Neurosci. 2009 Mar 11; 29(10):3138-47.
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Coyne JA. Genetics of differences in pheromonal hydrocarbons between Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans. Genetics. 1996 May; 143(1):353-64.
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Coyne JA, Oyama R. Localization of pheromonal sexual dimorphism in Drosophila melanogaster and its effect on sexual isolation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995 Oct 10; 92(21):9505-9.
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Schank JC, McClintock MK. A coupled-oscillator model of ovarian-cycle synchrony among female rats. J Theor Biol. 1992 Aug 07; 157(3):317-62.
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Gudermuth DF, McClintock MK, Moltz H. Suppression of postpartum fertility in pairs of female rats sharing the same nesting environment. Physiol Behav. 1984 Aug; 33(2):257-60.