Use of fluorescent powder to infer mating activity of male rodents

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 888-893

  Ebensperger, Luis A ^a,b   Tamarin, Robert H ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fluorescent powder; Mating; Mus domesticus; Rodents

Indexed keywords

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0006933651     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382947     Document Type: Article

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