Murine scent mark microbial communities are genetically determined

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 576-583

  Lanyon, Clare V ^a   Rushton, Stephen P ^a   O'Donnell, Anthony G ^a   Goodfellow, Mike ^a   Ward, Alan C ^a   Petrie, Marion ^b   Jensen, Susanne P ^b   Morris Gosling, L ^b   Penn, Dustin J ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Commensal microbial communities; Congenic; Major histocompatibility complex; Murine

Indexed keywords

COMMENSAL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OLFACTORY CUE; RODENT; SCENT MARKING; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MICROFLORA; MOUSE; MURINAE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; HAPLOTYPES; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MICE; MICE, CONGENIC; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ODORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 33847742660     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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