Morphophysiology of the paracloacal (scent) glands in females of the marsupial Metachirus nudicaudatus: Action of estrogens

Zoomorphology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 237-243

  Helder Jose ^a,c   Mendes, Erasmo Garcia ^a   Carneiro, Nancy Marques ^a   Simões, Manuel Jesus ^b   Freymüller, Edna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Departamento de Biologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Marsupial; Metachirus nudicaudatus; Opossum; Paracloacal glands; Scent glands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900824758     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-014-0217-8     Document Type: Article

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