Pheromones, body odor, and mate choice;Pheromone, körpergeruch und partnerwahl

Gynakologe

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 731-740

  Fink, B ^a,c   Sovegjarto O ^b  

^a Inst Zool Anthropologie Georg A   (Germany)

^b Forschergruppe Primatengenetik   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body odor; Mate Choice; Ovulation; Pheromones; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MATING; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; ONTOGENY; OVULATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SMELLING; TELENCEPHALON; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 33749387905     PISSN: 00175994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00129-006-1865-7     Document Type: Review

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