Signalling components of the house mouse mate recognition system

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-27

  Bimova B ^a   Albrecht, T ^a   Macholan M ^b   Pialek J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Faeces; Olfactory communication; Salivary androgen binding protein; Sexual preferences; Urinary signals

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN BINDING PROTEIN;

ASSORTATIVE MATING; DIVERGENCE; DOMESTIC SPECIES; FECES; GENE FLOW; MATE CHOICE; MATE RECOGNITION; OLFACTORY CUE; PROTEIN; RODENT; SALIVA; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SUBSPECIES; URINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; COEVOLUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; SALIVA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URINE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; SALIVA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URINE;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; MUS MUSCULUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 57649121828     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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