chapter 1. Introduction to chemical signaling in vertebrates and invertebrates / Tristram D. Wyatt -- chapter 2. Pheromones and general odor perception in insects / Michel Renou -- chapter 3. First investigation of the semiochemistry of South African dung beetle species / Barend (Ben) Victor Burger -- chapter 4. Pheromone reception in insects : the example of silk moths / Karl-Ernst Kaissling -- chapter 5. Chemical communication in the honey bee society / Laura Bortolotti and Cecilia Costa -- chapter 6. Drosophila pheromones : from reception to perception / Wynand van der Goes van Naters -- chapter 7. How drosophila detect volatile pheromones : signaling, circuits, and behavior / Samarpita Sengupta and Dean P. Smith -- chapter 8. Chemical signaling in amphibians / Sarah K. Woodley -- chapter 9. Vomeronasal organ : a short history of discovery and an account of development and morphology in the mouse / Carlo Zancanaro -- chapter 10. Vomeronasal receptors and signal transduction in the vomeronasal organ of mammals / Simona Francia, Simone Pifferi, Anna Menini, and Roberto Tirindelli -- chapter 11. Central processing of intraspecific chemical signals in mice / Carla Mucignat-Caretta -- chapter 12. Molecular and neural mechanisms of pheromone reception in the rat vomeronasal system and changes in the pheromonal reception by the maturation and sexual experiences / Makoto Kashiwayanagi -- chapter 13. Social cues, adult neurogenesis, and reproductive behavior / Paolo Peretto and Raul G. Paredes -- chapter 14. Influence of cat odor on reproductive behavior and physiology in the house mouse (mus musculus) / Vera V. Voznessenskaya -- chapter 15. Pheromone of tiger and other big cats / Mousumi Poddar-Sarkar and Ratan Lal Brahmachary -- chapter 16. Cattle pheromones / Govindaraju Archunan, Swamynathan Rajanarayanan, and Kandasamy Karthikeyan -- chapter 17. Pheromones for newborns / Benoist Schaal -- chapter 18. Pheromone processing in relation to sex and sexual orientation / Ivanka Savic -- chapter 19. Human pheromones : do they exist? / Richard L. Doty.