AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2007

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    Bombykol or gyplure is a

    A)  drug                                     

    B)  hormone

    C)  antibiotic                           

    D)  pheromone

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                     A pheromone is a chemical secreted to the outside of the body by organism and perceived as smell by another organism of the same species leading to a specific reaction of behaviour in the recipient. Female silk moths secrete bombykol as a sex attractant, which enables a male to find a female in the dark.


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