ReviewJournal of chemical ecology2018
Female Chemical Signalling Underlying Reproduction in Mammals.
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- From female to female: Communication via chemosignals.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Microbial Contributions to Primate Reproduction.Evolutionary anthropology · 2026Review
- Male bonobo mating strategies target female fertile windows despite noisy ovulatory signals during sexual swelling.PLoS biology · 2025Article
- Natural variability of trace-amine associated receptors in wild meerkats.Frontiers in zoology · 2025Article
- Novel Scent Enrichment Enhances Socio-Sexual and Olfactory Behaviors in Zoo-Housed Gentle Lemurs.American journal of primatology · 2025Article
- The Influence of Male Biostimulation on Cloacal Anatomy and Egg-Laying Behavior in Young Female Muscovy Ducks (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Genomic regions and biological pathways associated with sex-limited reproductive traits in bovine species.Journal of animal science · 2024Article
- Selected Aspects of Reproductive Behavior of American Mink (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Unraveling female communication through scent marks in the Norway rat.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- The Scent Enriched Primate.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
- Brown bear skin-borne secretions display evidence of individuality and age-sex variation.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Learning-Induced Odor Modulation of Neuronal Activity in Auditory Cortex.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023Article
- Resting disparity in quoll semelparity: examining the sex-linked behaviours of wild roaming northern quolls (Royal Society open science · 2023Article
- An Ethogram of the Reproductive Behaviour of the American Mink (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Sex differences in audience effects on anogenital scent marking in the red-fronted lemur.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Does scent attractiveness reveal women's ovulatory timing? Evidence from signal detection analyses and endocrine predictors of odour attractiveness.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Assessment of Biostimulation Methods Based on Chemical Communication in Female Doe Reproduction.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Hearing, touching, and multisensory integration during mate choice.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2022Review
- Neuroanatomical and Immunohistological Study of the Main and Accessory Olfactory Bulbs of the Meerkat (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- The Case of Atypical Sexual Attractiveness in a Male Domestic Dog-A Case Study.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
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Abstract
Chemical communication plays many key roles in mammalian reproduction, although attention has focused particularly on male scent signalling. Here, we review evidence that female chemical signals also play important roles in sexual attraction, in mediating reproductive competition and cooperation between females, and in maternal care, all central to female reproductive success. Female odours function not only to advertise sexual receptivity and location, they can also have important physiological priming effects on male development and sperm production. However, the extent to which female scents are used to assess the quality of females as potential mates has received little attention. Female investment in scent signalling is strongly influenced by the social structure and breeding system of the species. Although investment is typically male-biased, high competition between females can lead to a reversed pattern of female- biased investment. As among males, scent marking and counter-marking are often used to advertise territory defence and high social rank. Female odours have been implicated in the reproductive suppression of young or subordinate females across a range of social systems, with females of lower competitive ability potentially benefiting by delaying reproduction until conditions are more favourable. Further, the ability to recognise individuals, group members and kin through scent underpins group cohesion and cooperation in many social species, as well as playing an important role in mother-offspring recognition. However, despite the diversity of female scent signals, chemical communication in female mammals remains relatively understudied and poorly understood. We highlight several key areas of future research that are worthy of further investigation.
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