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Analysis of male pheromones that accelerate female reproductive organ development.
PloS one - 8 Feb 2011
Flanagan Kelly A, Webb William, Stowers Lisa
Abstract excerpt
Male odors can influence a female's reproductive physiology. In the mouse, the odor of male urine results in an early onset of female puberty. Several volatile and protein pheromones have previously been reported to each account for this bioactivity. Here we bioassay inbred BALB/cJ females to study pheromone-accelerated uterine growth, a developmental hallmark of puberty. We evaluate the response of wild-type and...
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