Urinary volatile molecules vary in males of the 2 European subspecies of the house mouse and their hybrids

Chemical Senses

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 647-654

  Mucignat Caretta, C ^a   Redaelli, M ^a   Orsetti, A ^a   Perriat Sanguinet, M ^b   Zagotto, G ^a   Ganem, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Chemosignals; Mus musculus; Pheromones; Speciation; Urine

Indexed keywords

2 BUTYL 1 OCTANOL; 2 SEC BUTYL 2 THIAZOLINE; 2,3 DEHYDROBREVICOMIN; ALPHA FARNESENE; BETA FARNESENE; BREVICOMIN; FATTY ALCOHOL; MENADIONE; NEROLIDOL; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS; URINE ODOR;

ANIMALS; EUROPE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; MICE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

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

EID: 77957259819     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjq049     Document Type: Article

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