BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Androsterone, Skatole, Anal Gland

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biopharmaceutical sciences
• Course: BPS 1101
• Professor: William Ogilvie

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Pheromones: chemical signalling molecule, it is carried into you. When you smell, hear something, you react in a certain way. Female silkworm secretes something that attracts a male silkworm within miles of distance. This antennae acts like a radar dish and can nd the female with it. It follows her scent for a very long distant. 9 works like growth signals; the way the message gets sent, one molecule sticks to another. Results in a biological response: we get hungry/male nds the female. It hasn"t worked out well as a pesticide lure. Now you can monitor the populations and se what stage they are in growth; you can use less/ more pesticide which an dramatically reduce pesticide use. Unimaginable small amount for the seal cockroach to detect. Cia experimented with it as a way to nd russian spies; meant to be a tracking method. Orchids proceeds a pheromone close to a wasp, the plant uses the wasp to pollinate itself.