Article
Time and sex in the male mouse: temporal regulation of infanticide and parental behavior.
Chronobiology international - 1 Dec 1992
Perrigo G, Belvin L, Vom Saal F S
Abstract excerpt
Infanticide is a violent but successful reproductive strategy found in many mammals, particularly rodents. In male house mice (Mus domesticus and M. musculus), the act of ejaculation provides a reliable neural signal for timing the birth of their offspring. However, a unique chronobiological aspect of this phenomenon is the extraordinary temporal latency that can occur between the stimulus (coital ejaculation)...
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