Sexual interactions of maturing male guinea pigs with their mothers, sisters, and unfamiliar adult females in the home cage

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-96

  Hennessy, Michael B ^a   Reed, Jennifer ^a   Wilson, Shannon E ^a   Pitstick, Lisa ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Guinea pig; Inbreeding avoidance; Sexual behavior; Sexual suppression

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; LIGHT; MALE; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SIBLING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MOTHERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0037216313     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.10083     Document Type: Article

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