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IN contrast to the generally accepted theory that progesterone has only definite effects in females, we have found that this hormone produces readily demonstrable changes in the intact male as well as in the female Australian opossum (Trichosurus vulpecula).
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BOLLIGER, A., CARRODUS, A. Ambisexual Action of Progesterone as Observed in the Common Australian Opossum. Nature 144, 671 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144671a0
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