Microtines: A model system for studying the evolution and regulation of social monogamy

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 182-199

  Cushing, Bruce S ^a   Kramer, Kristin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor alpha; Microtus; Monogamy; Oxytocin; Social behavior; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; MONOGAMY; RODENT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE; OCHROGASTER; RODENTIA; TERMINALIS;

EID: 20444428750     PISSN: 10001050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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