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. 2010 Jun 3:8:71.
doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-71.

On the scent of sexual attraction

Peter A Brennan  1
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On the scent of sexual attraction

Peter A Brennan. BMC Biol. .

Abstract

A study in the current issue of BMC Biology has identified a mouse major urinary protein as a pheromone that attracts female mice to male urine marks and induces a learned attraction to the volatile urinary odor of the producer.

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