Deterioration of the Gαo vomeronasal pathway in sexually dimorphic mammals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Suárez, Rodrigo ^a,c   Fernández Aburto, Pedro ^a   Manger, Paul R ^b   Mpodozis, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HYRAX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PROCAVIA CAPENSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPERMOPHILUS BEECHEYI; SQUIRREL; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AFROTHERIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CAVIOMORPHA; ELEPHANTIDAE; EQUIDAE; EUTHERIA; HYRACOIDEA; LAURASIATHERIA; MAMMALIA; MUS; PRIMATES; PROCAVIA CAPENSIS; RODENTIA; SCIUROGNATHI; SPERMOPHILUS BEECHEYI; SUNCUS; UNGULATA;

ANIMALS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 84857465380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026436     Document Type: Article

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