Chirality in elephant pheromones

David R. Greenwood, Dan Comeskey, Martin B. Hunt and L. Elizabeth L. Rasmussen ()
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David R. Greenwood: HortResearch, Mount Albert Research Centre
Dan Comeskey: Palmerston North Research Centre, Hort Research
Martin B. Hunt: Palmerston North Research Centre, Hort Research
L. Elizabeth L. Rasmussen: OGI School of Science and Engineering, Oregon Health and Sciences University

Nature, 2005, vol. 438, issue 7071, 1097-1098

Abstract: Scent packing Male elephants are famed for annual bouts of heightened sexual activity and aggression, the ‘musth’, when they release a pungent cocktail of chemicals to advertise their mating status. New work shows that this cocktail is very complex: the correct mixture might well reach the parts others do not reach.

Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1038/4381097a

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