- kairomone
- kai·ro·mone
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Kairomone — A kairomone is a chemical substance produced and released by a living organism that benefits the receiver and disadvantages the donor. The kairomone improves the fitness of the recipient and in this respect differs from an allomone. An example of … Wikipedia
Kairomone — Une kairomone est une substance sémiochimique produite par un être vivant, libérée dans l environnement, qui déclenche une réponse comportementale chez une autre espèce et dont l effet est négatif pour l espèce émettrice. Ainsi les odeurs émises… … Wikipédia en Français
kairomone — a type of pheromone produced by fish and used to attract a mate. Predators may also be attracted. Other organisms respond to the fish kairomone too, e.g. water fleas escape predatory guppies more easily, undergo morphological changes (longer… … Dictionary of ichthyology
kairomone — noun Etymology: Greek kairos critical time, opportunity + English mone (as in pheromone) Date: 1970 a chemical substance emitted by one species and especially an insect or plant that has an adaptive benefit (as a stimulus for oviposition) to… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Kairomone — Ein Kairomon gehört zu den Infochemikalien, und nützt nur dem aufnehmenden Organismus. Man kann diese Klasse von Infochemikalien ähnlich wie die Pheromone gemäß ihrer Funktion unterteilen. So bezeichnet man z. B. Pflanzenduftstoffe, die Insekten… … Deutsch Wikipedia
kairomone — n. [Gr. kairos, fit; hormaein, to exite] A chemical substance, produced or acquired by an organism, that upon contact with an individual of another species evokes a behaviorial or physiological reaction favorable to the receiver and not to the… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
kairomone — A subclass of pheromone, defined as an interspecific secretion which benefits the receiver. See allomone … Dictionary of molecular biology
kairomone — noun Any substance produced by an individual of one species that benefits the recipient which is of a different species … Wiktionary
kairomone — ˈkīrəˌmōn, rō Etymology: Greek kairos critical time, opportunity, advantage + English o + mone (as in pheromone herein) more at kairos : a chemical substance emitted by one species and especially an insect or plant that has an adaptive benefit… … Useful english dictionary
Botenstoff — Als Botenstoff (Mediator, Signalstoff, Elicitor, Semiochemikalie, Infochemikalie) bezeichnet man verschiedene chemische Stoffe, die in einem Organismus, zwischen den Individuen einer Spezies oder zwischen verschiedenen Spezies der Übertragung von … Deutsch Wikipedia
