Evidence for a bacterial mechanism for group-specific social odors among hyenas

Symbiotic microbes can benefit their animal hosts by enhancing the diversity of communication signals available to them. The fermentation hypothesis for chemical recognition posits that 1) fermentative bacteria in specialized mammalian scent glands generate odorants that mammals co-opt to communicat...

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Autores principales: Theis, Kevin R., Schmidt, Thomas M., Holekamp, Kay E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3431069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937224
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00615

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3431069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937224
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00615

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