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Q.Pheromones are chemical messengers produced by animals and released outside the body. The odour of these substance affects

(a) skin colour
(b) excretion
(c) digestion
(d) behaviour
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Pheromones are chemical signals released outside the body that alter another individual's behaviour.

A pheromone is defined as a volatile chemical an organism releases to trigger a response in another organism of the same species.

Step 1. Pheromones do not act on the releasing or receiving organism's own skin colour, excretion, or digestion -- those are internal physiological processes unrelated to pheromone signalling. …

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