Untrained mice discriminate MHC-determined odors

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-243

  Penn, Dustin ^a   Potts, Wayne K ^b  

^a Univerity of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Kin recognition; Major histocompatibility complex; Olfaction; Pheromones; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0032096531     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00052-3     Document Type: Article

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