Pheromones, the vomeronasal system, and communication: From hormonal responses to individual recognition

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 855, Issue , 1998, Pages 333-348

  Johnston, Robert E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032459075     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10592.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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