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Published online 5 December 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2007.354
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Pheromone for mouse aggression found
Study pins down protein mitt that makes mice fight.
A whiff of a single type of protein from urine is enough to make a male mouse pick a fight, researchers have found. Pheromone scents that elicit aggressive behaviour have long been predicted, but have proven elusive until now.
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Maybe it is mysterious that pheromone can make mice fight,if that were proved, human motion would be controlled and there were not so many wars around the would.