Female sexual preferences differ in Mus spicilegus and Mus musculus domesticus: The role of familiarization and sexual experience

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1465-1470

  Patris, B ^a,b   Baudoin, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

MUS MUSCULUS; MUS SPICILEGUS;

EID: 0032449023     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0919     Document Type: Article

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