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Nature Neuroscience 10, 938 - 940 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nn0807-938
Alpha males win again
Derek P DiRocco1 & Zhengui Xia1
- The authors are at the University of Washington, Departments of Pharmacology and Environmental Health, Box 357234, 1705 Pacific St., Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. e-mail: zxia@u.washington.edu
Abstract
Pheromones influence sexual behavior and reproduction in rodents. A new report suggests that neurogenesis induced in the female mouse brain by male pheromones governs the choice of dominant males as mates.
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