Pregnancy block in house mice (Mus domesticus) as a function of t-complex genotype: Examination of the mate choice and male infanticide hypotheses

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 82-91

  Coopersmith, Carol B ^a,c   Lenington, Sarah ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rutgers University Newark ^*

^c and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PPP1R11 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; T COMPLEX PROTEINS; TESTIS PEPTIDE HORMONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; MALE; MOUSE; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TESTICULAR HORMONES;

EID: 0032013214     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.112.1.82     Document Type: Article

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