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• Pheromone — (altgriechisch: pherein „überbringen, übermitteln, erregen“ und hormon „bewegen“) sind Botenstoffe, die der biochemischen Kommunikation zwischen Lebewesen einer Spezies dienen. Der Begriff wurde von Peter Karlson, Martin Lüscher und Adolf… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Pheromone — Fanning honeybee exposes Nasonov gland (white at tip of abdomen) releasing pheromone to entice swarm into an empty hive A pheromone (from Greek φ …   Wikipedia

• Pheromone — An agent secreted by an individual that produces a change in the sexual or social behavior of another individual of the same species; a volatile hormone that acts as a behavior altering agent. The term pheromone is usually used for sexual… …   Medical dictionary

• pheromone — pheromonal, adj. /fer euh mohn /, n. Animal Behav. any chemical substance released by an animal that serves to influence the physiology or behavior of other members of the same species. [1959; < Gk phér(ein) to bear, bring + O + (HOR)MONE] * * *… …   Universalium

• pheromone — n. [Gr. phero, bear; hormao, to instigate] A chemical substance secreted by an animal on the substratum, on the bodies or possibly in the air, that influences the behavior of other individuals of the same or different species, such as trail… …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• odor trail — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A chemical trace laid down by one insect to be followed by other insects of the same species or nest; the substance is called trail pheromone or trail substance …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• Ant colony optimization algorithms — Ant behavior was the inspiration for the metaheuristic optimization technique. In computer science and operations research, the ant colony optimization algorithm (ACO) is a probabilistic technique for solving computational problems which can be… …   Wikipedia

• chemoreception — chemoreceptive /kee moh ri sep tiv, kem oh /, adj. /kee moh ri sep sheuhn, kem oh /, n. the physiological response to chemical stimuli. [1915 20; CHEMO + RECEPTION] * * * Sensory process by which organisms respond to external chemical stimuli, by …   Universalium

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