Sexual maturation of female house mice:
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Dr. Lee C. Drickamer
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Article
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1974
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Young female laboratory mice reared in the presence of an adult male mouse or male bedding containing a pheromone reach sexual maturity earlier than control females. A pheromone produced by grouped female mice leads to long, irregular estrous cycles or anestrus. The present study demons