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L L Getz1, D Dluzen, J L McDermott.
Abstract
Urine from female Microtus ochrogaster possesses a chemosignal that suppresses reproductive maturation in other females. Uterine enlargement in virgin females stimulated by a male was suppressed by subsequent association with another female or by application of female urine on the nose. Females so suppressed are not able to achieve estrus. Urine from virgin sibling and non-sibling females and from pregnant females possesses the suppressing effect.Entities:
Year: 1983 PMID: 24923608 DOI: 10.1016/0376-6357(83)90043-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Behav Processes ISSN: 0376-6357 Impact factor: 1.777