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Smell is arguably the least understood sense, yet it has always been a vital component of the human experience, and that of all living creatures.It has been used by plants and animals for millions of years to warn, to attract, to identify, to navigate and even to mislead.

Der Direktor des Max-Planck-Instituts für chemische Ökologie Bill Hansson erzählt Geschichten aus der Welt der Gerüche: von feinen Hundenasen, die beim Spaziergang die Nachrichten des letzten Tages erschnüffeln, über Pflanzen, die Alarmnoten aussenden, wenn sie von Schädlingen befallen werden, bis hin zum Duft von Neugeborenen, der unterschiedliche Reaktionen bei Männern und Frauen hervorruft. Hansson nimmt uns mit auf eine Reise in die Labor...

JOHN G. HILDEBRAND Research on insect olfaction is important for at least two reasons. First, the olfactory systems of insects and their arthropod kin are experi­ mentally favourable models for studies aimed at learning about general principles of olfaction that apply to vertebrates and invertebrates alike. Detailed comparisons between the olfactory pathways in vertebrates and insects have revealed striking similarities of functional organisat...

JOHN G. HILDEBRAND Research on insect olfaction is important for at least two reasons. First, the olfactory systems of insects and their arthropod kin are experi­ mentally favourable models for studies aimed at learning about general principles of olfaction that apply to vertebrates and invertebrates alike. Detailed comparisons between the olfactory pathways in vertebrates and insects have revealed striking similarities of functional organisat...