The vomeronasal organ and its evolutionary loss in catarrhine primates

Evolution of Nervous Systems

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 141-148

  Bhatnagar, K P ^a   Smith, T D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Olfactory; Vomeronasal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882891611     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-370878-8/00013-6     Document Type: Chapter

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