The vomeronasal organ of the tammar wallaby

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-105

  Schneider, Nanette Y ^a   Fletcher, Terence P ^a   Shaw, Geoff ^a   Renfree, Marilyn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory bulb; Pheromone; Tammar wallaby; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHEROMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CILIARY BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MACROPUS EUGENIL; MALE; MARSUPIAL; MICROVILLUS; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUTH; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EUTHERIA; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 48449093395     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00933.x     Document Type: Article

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