In search of the chemical basis for MHC odourtypes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1693, 2010, Pages 2417-2425

  Kwak, Jae ^a   Willse, Alan ^b   Preti, George ^a,c   Yamazaki, Kunio ^a   Beauchamp, Gary K ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Combinatorial odour recognition; Environmental variation; Genetic variation; MHC odourtypes; Volatile chemosignals

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; DIET; GENETIC VARIATION; METABOLITE; ODOR; PEPTIDE; RODENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 77956464912     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0162     Document Type: Conference Paper

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