Human pheromone detection by the vomeronasal organ: unnecessary for mate selection?
Human pheromone detection by the vomeronasal organ: unnecessary for mate selection?
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通过犁鼻器检测人类信息素：对于择偶来说不必要吗？
DOI：
10.1093/chemse/bjp030
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发表时间：
2009
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影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Samuelsen,ChadL
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作者：
Mast,ThomasG;Samuelsen,ChadL
最近，Foltan和Sedy提出了一个假说，认为成年人的VNO是防止不适当的配偶选择不可或缺的。在这篇评论中，我们解决了作者的假设，即人类有一个功能性的VNO，信息素被检测到专门的VNO，和人类信息素是负责在择偶过程中的负面刺激。在研究了已发表的关于人类犁鼻功能的文献后，我们认为他们的假设存在严重缺陷。我们提供了一个简短的审查，以支持我们的论点成人VNO。
Recently, Foltan and Sedy proposed a hypothesis stating that the adult human VNO is integral to the prevention of inappropriate mate selection. In this commentary, we address the authors’ assumption that humans have a functional VNO, that pheromones are detected exclusively by the VNO, and that human pheromones are responsible for negative stimuli during mate selection. After examining the published literature on human vomeronasal function, we argue that their hypothesis is critically flawed. We offer a brief review of the adult human VNO in support of our argument.