Social regulation of reproduction in the female mound-builder mouse (Mus spicilegus)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 717-722

  Féron, Christophe ^a   Gheusi, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Mus spicilegus; Oestrus; Social environment; Vaginal closure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUS SPICILEGUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA;

EID: 0038356409     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(03)00044-1     Document Type: Article

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