Monogamy in a new species of wild guinea pigs (Galea sp.)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 462-465

  Hohoff, Christa ^a   Solmsdorff, Katrin ^a   Löttker, Petra ^a   Kemme, Kristina ^a   Epplen, Jörg T ^b   Cooper, Trevor G ^a   Sachser, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOGAMY; NEW SPECIES; RODENT;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GUINEA PIG; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; MONOGAMY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PATERNITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTIS;

BOLIVIA;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; GALEA; GALEA MUSTELOIDES; RODENTIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036809335     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-002-0355-6     Document Type: Article

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