Preputial gland: A potent pheromone source in rodents

The Biology of Odors: Sources, Olfaction and Response

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 321-339

  Archunan, Govindaraju ^a   Ponmanickam, Ponnirul ^a,b  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b AYYA NADAR JANAKI AMMAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Pheromones; Preputial gland; Rodents; Scent gland

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