Kin recognition and the 'armpit effect': Evidence of self-referent phenotype matching

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1444, 2000, Pages 695-700

  Mateo, Jill M ^a   Johnston, Robert E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Hamster; Kin discrimination; Mate choice; Nepotism; Olfactory behaviour

Indexed keywords

KIN RECOGNITION; PHENOTYPE; RELATEDNESS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAMSTER; LEARNING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RELATIVE; SIBLING;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034616411     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1058     Document Type: Article

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