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Menstrual Synchrony and Suppression

Nature volume 229, pages 244245 (22 January 1971) | Download Citation

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Synchrony and suppression among a group of women living together in a college dormitory suggest that social interaction can have a strong effect on the menstrual cycle.

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    • MARTHA K. MCCLINTOCK

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