Communication by chemical signals: Behavior, social recognition, hormones and the role of the vomeronasal and olfactory systems

Hormones, Brain and Behavior Online

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 395-441

  Johnston, R E ^a   DelBarco Trillo, J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Chemical signals; Dominant subordinate relationships; Estrus; Individual recognition; Kin recognition; Major histocompatibility complex (MHC); Major urinary proteins(MUPs); Mate choice; Odor; Olfactory; Pheromone; Scent marking; Sexual discrimination; Sperm competition; Vomeronasal systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884784771     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008088783-8.00011-5     Document Type: Chapter

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