The vomeronasal organ of the male ferret

Chemical Senses

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-136

  Weiler, Elke ^a,b   Apfelbach, Raimund ^b   Farbman, Albert I ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; FERRET; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MAMMAL; MATING; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032917033     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/24.2.127     Document Type: Article

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