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olfactory sociosexual communication

Term Information

Accession
GO:0120318
Name
olfactory sociosexual communication
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The use of external chemical cues called pheromones to send social and sexual information between members of the same species, leading to specific behavioral responses. Pheromones may be detected by two olfactory sensory circuits, the main olfactory pathway and the vomeronasal system. Source: GOC:krc, PMID:17935991
Comment
Behavior such as predation which involves members of different species is not social. Communication between members of different species is also not social behavior.
History
See term history for GO:0120318 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of olfactory sociosexual communication (GO:0120318)
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olfactory sociosexual communication [is_a relation] is_a  behavior (GO:0007610)
olfactory sociosexual communication [is_a relation] is_a  biological process involved in intraspecies interaction between organisms (GO:0051703)

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