Decoding an olfactory mechanism of kin recognition and inbreeding avoidance in a primate

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Boulet, Marylène ^a,c   Charpentier, Marie Je ^a,b   Drea, Christine M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; RECOGNITION; SECRETIONS;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODILY SECRETIONS; FEMALE; INBREEDING; LEMUR; MALE; ODORS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SMELL;

EID: 73649122460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-281     Document Type: Article

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