The ownership signature in mouse scent marks is involatile

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1527, 2003, Pages 1957-1963

  Nevison, C M ^a   Armstrong, S ^a   Beynon, R J ^a   Humphries, R E ^a   Hurst, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individual recognition; Major urinary proteins; Olfactory communication; Rodents; Scent marking

Indexed keywords

MAJOR URINARY PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PYROXYLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

LIGAND; RODENT; SCENT MARKING; URINE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOGNITION; TERRITORIALITY; URINE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0141860923     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2452     Document Type: Article

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