Monogamous male mice bias behaviour towards females according to very small differences in kinship

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 379-384

  Ryan, Karen Koeninger ^a,b   Lacy, Robert C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b PMB 128 ^*  (United States)

^c BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINSHIP; MATE CHOICE; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS POLIONOTUS; PEROMYSCUS POLIONOTUS RHOADSI;

EID: 0037327625     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2040     Document Type: Article

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