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Fifty Years of Tiger Pheromone Research


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1 Flat 10, 21B, Motijheel Avenue, Kolkata 700 074, India
2 Chemical Signal and Lipidomics Lab, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700 019, India
 

The results of our 50 years of tiger pheromone research have been summed up in the larger context of research in this field. In order to understand the perspective, tiger behaviour, such as that of territory and home range, the possible sources of tiger pheromone as revealed through observation, the chemistry of putative pheromones and the expression of 'self' and 'non-self' by individuals, the fixatives of pheromones and the possible mechanism of stamping of individuality in the pheromonal potpourri have been discussed. The implications of some of the putative pheromone molecules in genomics have been indicated. Our present limitations in understanding the essence of the problem and some future probable guidelines have also been discussed.

Keywords

Lipid, Mammalian Pheromone, Tiger, Volatiles.
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R. L. Brahmachary
Flat 10, 21B, Motijheel Avenue, Kolkata 700 074, India
Mousumi Poddar-Sarkar
Chemical Signal and Lipidomics Lab, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700 019, India

Abstract


The results of our 50 years of tiger pheromone research have been summed up in the larger context of research in this field. In order to understand the perspective, tiger behaviour, such as that of territory and home range, the possible sources of tiger pheromone as revealed through observation, the chemistry of putative pheromones and the expression of 'self' and 'non-self' by individuals, the fixatives of pheromones and the possible mechanism of stamping of individuality in the pheromonal potpourri have been discussed. The implications of some of the putative pheromone molecules in genomics have been indicated. Our present limitations in understanding the essence of the problem and some future probable guidelines have also been discussed.

Keywords


Lipid, Mammalian Pheromone, Tiger, Volatiles.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv108%2Fi12%2F2178-2185