The olfactory system of the tammar wallaby is developed at birth and directs the neonate to its mother's pouch odours

Reproduction

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 849-857

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; MARSUPIAL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MACROPODIDAE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PARTURITION; PHEROMONES; SMELL;

MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA;

EID: 70449494856     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-09-0145     Document Type: Article

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