Selection on Coding and Regulatory Variation Maintains Individuality in Major Urinary Protein Scent Marks in Wild Mice.
Recognition of individuals by scent is widespread across animal taxa. Though animals can often discriminate chemical blends based on many compounds, recent work shows that specific protein pheromones are necessary and sufficient for individual recognition via scent marks in mice. The genetic nature...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-03-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1005891&type=printable |