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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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Main Authors: Theis, Kevin R., Schmidt, Thomas M., Holekamp, Kay E.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3431069/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937224
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00615
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