Projektnummer

0054444

Zusammenfassung

Intraspecific pheromonal communication is found in a variety of animals including mammals but not yet fully understood. Most mammals possess a vomeronasal organ (VNO) which is specialized for pheromone detection, but non-functional in humans. Whereas in rodents many important insights into the role of the VNO in pheromone function have been elucidated, data on the possible evolutionary role of pheromones in primates are limited. Mouse lemurs are an ideal model system to study pheromonal communication in primates, because the important roles of odours in the social system of these noctu...