Anogenital distance predicts female choice and male potency in prairie voles

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 533-540

  Ophir, Alexander G ^a   delBarco Trillo, Javier ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Anogenital distance; Epigenetic effects; Mate choice; Microtus ochrogaster; Sperm competition; Sperm count; Testes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; VOLE;

EID: 35348816396     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.04.030     Document Type: Article

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