Ferret mothers provide more anogenital licking to male offspring: Possible contribution to psychosexual differentiation

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 353-359

  Baum, M J ^a   Bressler, S C ^a   Daum, M C ^a   Veiga, C A ^a   McNamee, C S ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Maternal behavior; Sexual differentiation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERRET; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; PUERPERIUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STIMULATION;

EID: 0030220039     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(96)00053-4     Document Type: Article

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