Effect of a null mutation of the c-fos proto-oncogene on sexual behavior of male mice.

doi:10.1095/biolreprod50.5.1040

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Effect of a null mutation of the c-fos proto-oncogene on sexual behavior of male mice.

Biology of reproduction - 1 May 1994

Baum M J, Brown J J, Kica E, Rubin B S, Johnson R S, Papaioannou V E

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Sexual behavior was observed in male mice that were homozygous for a null mutation of the c-fos proto-oncogene, as well as in heterozygous mutants and wild-type controls. The onset of mounting was slower and the subsequent mounting rate was significantly lower in homozygous mutants than in either...

Topics

Amygdala
Animals
Brain
Ejaculation
Heterozygote
Homozygote
Immunohistochemistry
Male
Mesencephalon
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mutation
Neurons
Preoptic Area
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Thalamus

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