Copulatory pattern of the subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum

Mammalia

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 102-108

  Sol Fanjul, María ^a   Zenuto, Roxana R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Copulatory pattern; Ctenomys; Induced ovulation; Subterranean rodents

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; COURTSHIP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MATE RECOGNITION; RODENT; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

CTENOMYS; CTENOMYS TALARUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 46049102385     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2008.026     Document Type: Article

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