The complex social environment of female house mice (Mus domesticus)

Evolution of the House Mouse

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 114-134

  König, Barbara ^a   Lindholm, Anna K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139044547.007     Document Type: Chapter

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