A simple method of olfactory discrimination of urines for the Mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus☆
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This research was supported by NIMH grant, MH 14076-14, awarded to D. D. T. This work was done in partial fulfillment of the Ph.D. requirements at the University of Texas by Barbara Gregg. Portions of this work was presented at the 1980 meeting of the Association of Chemoreception Science, Sarasota, Florida.