Behavioural discrimination among chromosomal races of the house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 817-830

  Ganem, G ^a,b   Searle, J B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dyadic encounters; House mouse; Hybrid zones; Mus musculus domesticus; Robertsonian races; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; MUSCULUS; ROBERTSONIA;

EID: 0030444407     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1996.9060817.x     Document Type: Article

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