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Symbiotic bacteria appear to mediate hyena social odors | PNAS
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The fermentation hypothesis for mammalian chemical communication posits that as bacteria ferment or otherwise metabolize the nutrient-rich substrates in these glands, they generate odorous metabolites that subsequently are used by their hosts to communicate with conspecifics (6, 10–12). The hypothes
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  • The fermentation hypothesis for mammalian chemical communication posits that as bacteria ferment or otherwise metabolize the nutrient-rich substrates in these glands, they generate odorous metabolites that subsequently are used by their hosts to communicate with conspecifics (6, 10–12). The hypothesis further suggests that variation in chemical sig...

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