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Sniffing Pheromones

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Smell is important to allow us to taste our food, and can even trigger memories. But in some animals, special molecules called pheromones can also trigger certain types of behaviour, such as mating. Kate Lamble spoke to Greg Jefferis from the MRC LMB who investigates the pathways between smell and behaviour in the fruit fly. More…