Female scent accelerates growth of juvenile male mice

Abstract Exposing female house mice (Mus musculus) to male urinary scent accelerates their sexual development (Vandenbergh effect). Here, we tested whether exposing juvenile male mice to females’ urine similarly influences male growth and size of their sexual organs. We exposed three-week old male h...

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Main Authors: Sarah M. Zala, Brian Church, Wayne K. Potts, Felix Knauer, Dustin J. Penn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-34548-3