单词 | primer effect |
释义 | > as lemmasprimer effect c. Zoology and Physiology. A pheromone that acts initially on the endocrine system, and is thus more general in effect than a releaser. Frequently attributive, esp. in primer effect. Cf. releaser n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > external influences > [noun] > pheromone gamone1942 sex attractant1952 Nassanoff pheromone1959 pheromone1959 bombykol1961 primer1963 1963 E. O. Wilson & W. H. Bossert in Recent Progress Hormone Res. 19 675 We propose to distinguish the releaser effect, involving the classical stimulus-response mediated wholly by the central nervous system, from the primer effect, in which the endocrine and reproductive..systems are altered physiologically. 1975 Nature 20 Nov. 194/2 The action of pheromones is commonly divided into two classes..: chemical ‘releasers’ of specific acts of behaviour, and ‘primers’ which seem to act initially on the endocrine system. 1992 Jrnl. Compar. Physiol. B. 162 588 This pheromonal primer effect may function as a key regulating element in maintaining eusocial colony homeostasis. < as lemmas |
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