Discrimination of pheromonal cues in fish: Emerging parallels with insects

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 458-467

  Sorensen, Peter W ^a   Christensen, Thomas A ^b   Stacey, Norm E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION; FISH; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; INSECT; MOTH; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032142807     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(98)80032-9     Document Type: Article

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