Honeybees, food odors, and perfume
Insects serve as a model for human brain function.
Ecology
Pheromones and a realistic model of sexual differentiation
Food odors and social odors influence the same basic neurophysiological mechanism (i.e., the GnRH pulse), which allows them to alter the gene-cell-tissue-organ-organ system pathway which links them to hormones and behavior.
Social selection: genetic contribution of viruses to life on earth
Social selection allows for what most people refer to as natural selection.
Wikipedia comments by James V. Kohl
I’ve culled these comments from wikipedia as a means to collect some of my thoughts. If ever I can determine how to get permission to edit the wikipedia pages, I will update the information there.
For ethologists: Observation does not trump molecular biology
Information here, from the human-ethology group, exemplifies confused thoughts about the biological basis of animal behavior.
Human Pheromones and The Philosophy of Science
Those who continue to deny the importance of human pheromones will be among those who are replaced by a new generation that better understands molecular biology and thereby establishes a new scientific truth.
Pheromones and olfaction in the birds and the bees: from yeasts to you
Pheromones are more important to the behavior of species from yeasts to you. Remember this if you plan to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
Epigenetics, science fiction, and scientific fact
…he also said that chemical signals between organisms can change genetic expression. This allows the social environment to modify gene expression in individuals and in their offspring.
Human pheromones work by effecting hormones that affect behavior
Copulins are olfactory/pheromonal stimuli from women (human pheromones) that appear to condition increased testosterone and sexual arousal in men.