The genetics of pheromonally mediated intermale aggression in mice: current status and prospects of the model.

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The genetics of pheromonally mediated intermale aggression in mice: current status and prospects of the model.

Behavior genetics - 1 Sept 1993

Novikov S N

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A genetic model of pheromonally mediated aggression in laboratory male mice, which has been developed over the past decade, is reviewed and integrated with recent developments in the neurobiology of olfaction and the chemistry of pheromones in Mus musculus. Experimental data strongly support the...

Topics

Aggression
Androgens
Animals
Arousal
Male
Mice
Models, Genetic
Phenotype
Pheromones
Sex Attractants
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Smell

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