Chemoreception, symmetry and mate choice in lizards

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1450, 2000, Pages 1265-1269

  Martín, José ^a   López, Pilar ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemoreception; Femoral glands; Fluctuating asymmetry; Lizards; Mate choice

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

CHEMORECEPTION; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; LIZARD; MATE CHOICE; SYMMETRY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; LIZARD; MALE; MATING TYPE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCENT GLAND; SIGNAL DETECTION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ARCHAEOLACERTA MONTICOLA; LACERTA; LACERTA MONTICOLA; MONTICOLA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0034617244     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1137     Document Type: Article

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