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Chemical Senses 2005 30(Supplement 1):i6-i9; doi:10.1093/chemse/bjh086
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Chemical Senses Vol. 30 No. suppl 1 © Oxford University Press 2005; all rights reserved

Individual Differences and the Chemical Senses

Gary K. Beauchamp and Kunio Yamazaki

Monell Chemical Senses Center, 3500 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

Correspondence to be sent to: Gary K. Beauchamp, e-mail: beauchamp@monell.org

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   Introduction
 
A powerful approach in the search for general principles in biology focuses on analyses of differences among individuals and groups. Such differences arise from variation in genes, variation in individual experiences and their interactions. The chemical senses provide a particularly rich source of such differences in both signal perception and signal production. In the following essay, we describe how studies focusing on variation in the production of odorous compounds illuminate important aspects of how animals communicate with body odors.

By gazing at a person’s face, a remarkable amount of information can be obtained. More or less constant characteristics that can often be identified include ethnicity, gender, age and individual identity. More effervescent information, such as mood, motivational state and even health status, may also be inferred. Visual signals may not always be interpreted correctly—eyewitnesses to crimes may mistake one individual for another—or the message itself may be falsified, for example . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Odorous signals of individuality
 

   Odorous signals of infection
 

   Summary
 

   Acknowledgement
 

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