Chemical signals in male house mice urine: Protein-bound molecules modulate interactions between sexes

Behaviour

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 331-343

  Mucignat Caretta, Carla ^a   Caretta, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 0033447764     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853999501351     Document Type: Article

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