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- noun biology Any substance produced by an individual of one
species that benefits therecipient which is of a different species
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Examples
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However, fish kairomones caused an up-regulation, and Chaoborus kairomone caused a down-regulation of cyclophylin, which proved to be a potential target gene for further analysis of kairomone effects on the life history of daphnids.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Anke Schwarzenberger 2009
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Changes in food quality required a different set of reference genes compared to the kairomone experiment.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Anke Schwarzenberger 2009
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The presence of fish kairomone up-regulated one gene (cyclophilin) involved in the folding of proteins, whereas Chaoborus kairomone down-regulated the same gene.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Anke Schwarzenberger 2009
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