pheromones

1. Small molecules that, when released by one organism, act as chemical signals to induce a certain behavior in another organism. Scents that attract animals to each other in a mating process are an example of pheromones.

Example Sentences

The researchers also place moths in a wind tunnel and release sex pheromones to see if the excited bugs are able to locate the smell.

From Los Angeles Times

When elephants release sex pheromones, start randomly tooting or begin rubbing against each other, this is not chaotic or random behavior.

From Salon

So in the new study, Ryo Taniguchi, a paleontologist at Hokkaido University, and colleagues took a different approach: looking for the organs that detect these pheromones.

From Science Magazine

They even use it to make pheromones that attract mates.

From Science Daily

Between 2009 and 2018, the researchers interbred the butterflies and recorded how traits such as wing shape and the chemical makeup of sex pheromones changed in the resulting offspring.

From Science Magazine