Effects of testosterone exposure and fighting experience on the aggressive behavior of female and male mice selectively bred for intermale aggression.

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Exposure of female mice to testosterone resulted in aggressive behavior as a function of breeding line in two lines of mice selectively bred for high (Turku Aggressive, TA) and low (Turku Nonaggressive, TNA) levels of aggressiveness. Female TA mice that received a single injection of testosterone propionate (TP) (1 mg in 0.05 ml peanut oil) on the second day of life, and starting at 120 days of age received daily...

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