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kairomone
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kairomone [′kī·rə‚mōn]
(physiology)
A chemical produced by an organism that benefits the recipient, which is an individual of a different species.
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The mountain pine beetle reacts strongly to chemicals called pheromones that are produced by the insects during their attacks, as well as to kairomones, aromatic compounds produced by the trees, says James Powell, a mathematician from Utah State University in Logan who models the dynamics of beetle invasions in pine forests.
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Scientists found that certain people are born with special "signalling chemicals" - kairomones - which make them a turn- off for midges.
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Kairomones are compounds emanating in tiny quantities from the fresh scars of trees that have been recently pruned.
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