Olfaction

... and immune systems, and are vectored by hymenopteran parasites used in biological control."........... ..."3.4 Neurobiology and olfaction: Pheromones are chemicals emitted by living organisms to send messages to individuals of the same species. The class most widely explored ...

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... oral taste buds of vertebrates, many authorities prefer the term contact chemoreception, which has a broader connotation. SMELL also called Olfaction, the detection and identification by sensory organs of airborne chemicals. These two short articles make the difference quite clear taste ...

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... basic tastes: bitter, salty, sour, and sweet; a fifth taste, umami, is gaining increasing acceptance. This contrasts markedly with the sense of olfaction or smell, where very large numbers of chemicals, aromatic compounds especially, can be differentiated. There is scientific dispute as to whether ...

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