pheromone
Q
It
was
reported
in
last
week's
Nature
magazine
that
a
functional
human
gene
that
is
thought
to
code
for
a
pheromone receptor
has
finally
been
discovered
.
The
supposed
function
of
the
protein
coded
for
by
this
gene
has
been
determined
on
the
basis
of
the
close
relationship
between
the
sequence
of
the
gene
and
sequences
of
rat
and
mouse
genes
that
are
known
to
code
for
pheromone receptors.
Because
many
mammalian
species
other
than
Homo
sapiens
are
known
to
communicate
using
pheromone
systems
,
it
has
long
been
suspected
that
humans
do
also
.
However
,
a
fundamental
problem
with
this
idea
has
been
the
inability
to
identify
in
humans
receptor(s)
for
compounds
that
might
be
pheromones
.
Now
perhaps
such
a
receptor
has
been
identified.
Assuming
the
protein
is
one
of
the
elusive
human
pheromone receptors,
neither
the
pheromone
that
it
receives
nor
the
action
(s)
triggered
when
the
pheromone binds
with
it
have
been
identified.
Maybe
the
pheromone
will
be
the
ultimate
aphrodisiac
,
but
things
are
rarely
so
simple
.
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...
Tank
i
think
pheromones
already
are
the
ultimate
aphrodisiac
.
eff
them
not
being
able
to
find
them
,
they
exist
alright
...
nothing
else
would
explain
those
unexpected
twitches
...
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...
laney
Why
are
so
many
of
the
pheromones
made
for
men
?
It
seems
that
women
would
want
to
seduce
and
attract
men
just
as
much
.
011115
...
Syrope
i
bought
a
pheromone
wipe
at
claires,
in
the
mall
.
it
said
"
this
product
has
not
been
tested
on
animals
...use responsibly"
i
found
it
amusing
that
someone
might
consider
testing
human
pheromones
on
animals
...i
never
did
get
to
try
it
out
,
because
i
decided
to
include
it
in
a
friends
bday
gift
,
but
i
plan
to
try
em
one
day
020612
...
tourist
I
knew
someone
once
that
felt
that
the
Violence
in
the
World
was
caused
by
excessive
amounts
of
pheromones
given
off
by
the
growing
human
population
.
But
he
was
having
a
psychotic
break
at
the
time
(
to
which
the
same
answer
was
applied).
020612
...
cn2
using
one's
husband's
pits
as
natural
poppers
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