Urinary testosterone levels in the male blind mole rat (Spalax ehrenbergi) affect female preference

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 309-315

  Gottreich, Ahuva ^a   Zuri, Ido ^a   Barel, Simon ^b   Hammer, Ilan ^a   Terkel, Joseph ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blind mole rat; Female attraction; Pheromones; Spalax ehrenbergi; Urine testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; MALE; MATING; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0034045352     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00249-8     Document Type: Article

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