Sex differences and the development of social behavior in a Marsupial, the gray short-tailed opposum (Monodelphis domestica)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 857-861

  Fadem, Barbara H ^a   Corbett, Aysha ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Development; Gray short tailed oppossums; Marsupials; Monodelphis domestica; Play; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA;

EID: 0030926666     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00573-2     Document Type: Article

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