Got milk? A pheromonal message for newborn rabbits

BioEssays

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-9

  Luo, Minmin ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(E) 2 METHYL 2 BUTENAL; (E)-2-METHYL-2-BUTENAL; 2 METHYLBUT 2 ENAL; ALDEHYDE; ISOPENTANE; PENTANE; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAMMARY GLAND; METABOLISM; MILK; NEWBORN; NIPPLE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; RABBIT; REVIEW; SUCKLING;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MILK; PENTANES; PHEROMONES; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, ODORANT;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0347635425     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.10391     Document Type: Review

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