Molecular aspects of monogamy

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 807, Issue , 1997, Pages 302-316

  Insel, Thomas R ^a,b   Young, Larry ^a   Wang, Zuoxin ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA FLANKING REGION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MATING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE; VOLE;

ANIMALIA; MICROTUS MONTANUS; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE; MURINAE;

EID: 0030936070     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb51928.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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