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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |