The Genetic Basis of Inbreeding Avoidance in House Mice

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 2061-2066

  Sherborne, Amy L ^a   Thom, Michael D ^a   Paterson, Steve ^a   Jury, Francine ^b   Ollier, William E R ^b   Stockley, Paula ^a   Beynon, Robert J ^a   Hurst, Jane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

MAJOR URINARY PROTEINS; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; INBREEDING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BREEDING; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; INBREEDING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MICE; PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 36549041916     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.10.041     Document Type: Article

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