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  2. Human sex pheromones - Wikipedia

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    Depending on the time in the month the sweat was collected (before, during, or after ovulation), there was an association with the recipient woman's menstrual cycle to speed up or slow down. The 1971 study proposed two types of pheromones involved: "One, produced prior to ovulation, shortens the ovarian cycle; and the second, produced just at ...

  3. Body odour and sexual attraction - Wikipedia

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    Pheromones are chemical messengers produced and emitted by the body that contribute significantly to interpersonal attraction. [8] The two types of pheromones include signal and primer, each playing a distinct role in human behavior. Signal pheromones act as attractants and repellents; they are classified short-term behavioral pheromones.

  4. Pheromone - Wikipedia

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    A pheromone (from Ancient Greek ... during, or after ovulation) there was an association with the recipient woman's menstrual cycle to speed up or slow down. The 1971 ...

  5. Sex pheromone - Wikipedia

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    Sex pheromones are pheromones released by an organism to attract an individual of the same species, encourage them to mate with them, or perform some other function closely related with sexual reproduction. Sex pheromones specifically focus on indicating females for breeding, attracting the opposite sex, and conveying information on species ...

  6. Menstrual synchrony - Wikipedia

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    Menstrual synchrony, also called the McClintock effect, [1] or the Wellesley effect, [2] is a contested process whereby women who begin living together in close proximity would experience their menstrual cycle onsets (the onset of menstruation or menses) becoming more synchronized together in time than when previously living apart.

  7. Here's Why Testosterone Is a Female Hormone, Too - AOL

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    How ironic that the hormone most associated with machismo is the same one whose main job in women is assisting with ovulation. “Ovaries make testosterone,” says Kelly Casperson, MD, ...

  8. Body odor - Wikipedia

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    In women, the sense of olfaction is strongest around the time of ovulation, significantly stronger than during other phases of the menstrual cycle and also stronger than the sense in males. [20] [21] Pheromones can be used to deliver information about the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). [2]

  9. Ovulation - Wikipedia

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    Ovulation is an important part of the menstrual cycle in female vertebrates where the egg cells are released from the ovaries as part of the ovarian cycle. In female humans ovulation typically occurs near the midpoint in the menstrual cycle and after the follicular phase. Ovulation is stimulated by an increase in luteinizing hormone (LH).