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Published online 29 August 2000 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news000831-3
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Sniffing out the truth
Evidence that pheromones might influence human behaviour has been scant. Now researchers have identified what looks like a gene for a human receptor for a pheromone.
The first genetic evidence for pheromone receptors in humans is announced in Nature Genetics1. Pheromones are odourless chemicals that trigger behavioural and physiological responses, from sexual arousal to recognition of kin in insects, fish and mammals.
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