Genetic basis of olfactory communication in primates

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 559-567

  Mundy, Nicholas I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; PHEROMONE;

EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; OLFACTION; PHEROMONE; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; PSEUDOGENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; PHEROMONES; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; PSEUDOGENES; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELL; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 33745546250     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20252     Document Type: Conference Paper

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