To fix or not to fix:: The role of 2-phenoxyethanol in rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus, chin gland secretion

被引：23

作者：

Hayes, RA ^{[1
]}

Richardson, BJ ^{[1
]}

Wyllie, SG ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Western Sydney, Ctr Biostruct & Biomol Res, Hawkesbury, NSW, Australia

来源：

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY | 2003年 / 29卷 / 05期

关键词：

rabbit; Oryctolagus cuniculus; fixative; chemical communication; semiochemical; social structure; glandular secretion;

D O I：

10.1023/A:1023836319677

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) uses the secretion of the chin gland to maintain dominance hierarchies in the wild. Recent work has investigated changes in the secretion when social status is manipulated in the rabbit. When a rabbit becomes dominant, a new compound appears in his secretion, 2-phenoxyethanol. This compound is used as a fixative in the perfume industry. This study investigates whether the compound performs a similar function in the secretion of the rabbit. 2-Phenoxyethanol is not detected olfactorially by rabbits, and slows the release rate of some of the compounds that occur naturally in rabbit chin gland secretion. We suggest that when a rabbit becomes dominant, he adds a fixative to his secretion so that his scent will persist in the environment and not dissipate. He will thus come to dominate the olfactory environment, in much the same way as he does the physical environment.

引用

页码：1051 / 1064

页数：14

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