By Dietland Müller-Schwarze (auth.), Robert E. Johnston, Dietland Müller-Schwarze, Peter W. Sorensen (eds.)

The box of olfactory learn and chemical verbal exchange is within the early phases of progressive swap, and plenty of facets of this revolution are mirrored within the chapters during this booklet. hence, it may serve admirably as an updated reference. First, a variety of vertebrate teams and species are represented. moment, there are very good stories of particular issues and theoretical methods to conversation by way of odors, together with chapters on sign specialization and evolution in mammals, the evolution of hormonal pheromones in fish, alarm pheromones in fish, chemical repellents, the chemical signs all for endocrine responses in mice, and the talk over human pheromones. 3rd, there are fascinating new findings provided in several particular subject parts, corresponding to the chemis­ test of pheromones in a variety of species (salamanders to elephants), the chemistry of proteins that regulate the discharge of pheromones, the molecular biology and body structure of detection, coding and reaction to scent signs, the results of expertise on sensitivity to odors, the function of genes of the immune method in scent construction and in human mate selection, the functionality and notion of smell over-marks, the popularity of people and family via odors, the effect of odors on predator-prey interactions, and using odors to aid keep watch over pests. This e-book is an offshoot of the 8th foreign Symposium on Chemical Sig­ nals in Vertebrates, held at Cornell collage in Ithaca, long island, July 20-25, 1997, hosted and arranged by way of Bob Johnston.