{"id":26708,"date":"2025-07-15T14:17:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T08:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=26708"},"modified":"2025-07-15T16:20:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T10:50:33","slug":"pheromone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pheromone\/","title":{"rendered":"Pheromone"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Pheromone Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers have shown that it\u2019s possible to manipulate pheromones released by locusts to prevent them from swarming or engaging in group behaviour that leads to the feeding frenzy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Pheromone<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pheromones are <\/span><b>chemical substances<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are <\/span><b>secreted on the outside by an individual<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and received by another individual of the same species.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are <\/span><b>present in all bodily secretions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and especially in the axillary sweat \u2014 can be detected by the olfactory system.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pheromones are <\/span><b>ecto-hormones<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, meaning they are <\/span><b>secreted outside the body.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Types of Pheromones<\/b>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li><b>Releaser pheromones:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They work right away and elicit a specific response from the other person.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Signaler pheromones:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They give information about the person who releases them. For example, they help a mother tell her own baby apart from other babies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Modulator pheromones:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They affect mood and emotions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Primer pheromones<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> affect hormones, for example during pregnancy or menstrual cycles.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Animals, with their heightened senses and vomeronasal organ are known to secrete pheromones to trigger many kinds of behaviours like raising an alarm, signalling a food trail, warning another animal to back off, and bonding with an offspring.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pheromones are <\/span><b>also used by some fungi, slime molds, and algae<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as attractants in reproduction; organisms of complementary reproductive cell types grow or move toward each other.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/scientists-identify-pheromone-that-triggers-locust-swarming-and-a-way-to-block-it\/article69808158.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pheromones are chemical substances which are secreted on the outside by an individual, and received by another individual of the same species. 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