Suggestions for the functional relationship between differently located taste buds and vomeronasal olfaction in several mammals

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 311-318

  Schmidt, Maria ^a   Wöhrmann Repenning, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mammals; Olfaction; Taste buds; Vomeronasal

Indexed keywords

CHEMORECEPTION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MAMMAL; OLFACTION;

DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS MARSUPIALIS; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; LEMUR CATTA; MAMMALIA; MYOXUS; SCANDENTIA; STREPSIRHINI; TUPAIA; TUPAIA GLIS;

EID: 4444349916     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-00150     Document Type: Article

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