Molecular biology of pheromone perception in mammals

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 197-205

  Dulac, Catherine ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory bulb; Olfaction; Olfactory receptor; Pheromone; Vomeronasal

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0000576907     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1997.0140     Document Type: Article

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