Flank gland-secreted putative chemosignals pertaining to photoperiod, endocrine states, and sociosexual behavior in golden hamsters

Current Zoology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 800-812

  Liu, Ying Juan ^a,b,c   Wang, Da Wei ^a   Sun, Lixing ^d   Zhang, Jin Hua ^a   Zhang, Jian Xu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance; Flank gland; Gonadectomy; Photoperiod; Putative pheromone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 78649415178     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/56.6.800     Document Type: Article

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