The complexity of pheromone-mediated behaviour in mammals

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 96-101

  Logan, Darren W ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; GENETIC CODE; LEARNING; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL NETWORK; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 84922659861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23521546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2014.10.011     Document Type: Review

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