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(D) The term '$pheromone$' was proposed by $Peter$ $Karlson$ and $Martin$ $Lüscher$ in $1959$. $Adolf$ $Butenandt$ was the scientist who first isolate

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(D) The term '$pheromone$' was proposed by $Peter$ $Karlson$ and $Martin$ $Lüscher$ in $1959$. $Adolf$ $Butenandt$ was the scientist who first isolated and identified the structure of the first pheromone, '$bombykol$', from the silkworm $Bombyx$ $mori$. Therefore, the term is attributed to $Karlson$ and $Lüscher$, but in the context of many biology textbooks, the credit for the discovery and naming is often associated with the work of $Karlson$ and $Butenandt$ regarding chemical signaling.

Column $I$	Column $II$
$(a)$ Pituitary hormone	$(i)$ Steroid
$(b)$ Epinephrine	$(ii)$ Neuropeptides
$(c)$ Endorphins	$(iii)$ Peptides,proteins
$(d)$ Cortisol	$(iv)$ Biogenic amines

Who proposed the term '$pheromone$'?

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