Deconstructing pheromone-mediated behavior one layer at a time

BMC Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sánchez Andrade, Gabriela ^a   Logan, Darren W ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; NOTE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MALE; PHEROMONES; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

MUS; TETRAPODA;

EID: 84901473773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-12-33     Document Type: Note

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