Scents of adolescence: the maturation of the olfactory phenotype in a free-ranging mammal.

Olfaction is an important sensory modality for mate recognition in many mammal species. Odorants provide information about the health status, genotype, dominance status and/or reproductive status. How and when odor profiles change during sexual maturation is, however often unclear, particularly in f...

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Main Authors: Barbara A Caspers, Frank C Schroeder, Stephan Franke, Christian C Voigt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3124483?pdf=render