Chemical Sensory Systems Flashcards
1
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Chemoreception
A
Taste (gustatory)
-water (close)
Smell
-air (distant)
2
Q
Chemoreceptors
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Uniporous -thick walls -gustatory role (taste) Multiporous -thin walled -olfactory role
3
Q
Pheromones
A
A chemical signal produced and released externally by an individual to communicate with a conspecific organism
(Exocrine glands)
4
Q
Pheromone types
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Sex-anti-aphrodisiac Aggression- cohesion of insects Spacing - increased spacing of colonies Trail-marking - orientation Alarm - evokes escape/aggression
5
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Allelochemicals
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Interspecific semiochemicals
Kairomones - benefit receiver
Allomones - genetic producer (defensive)
Synomones - benefit both (pollination)