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Title:		Taste aversions to sexual attractants
Author(s):		Johnston RE; Zahorik DM;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1975
Volume:		189
Issue:		4206
Page Number:		893 - 894
DOI:		10.1126/science.1154027
ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The vaginal secretion of female hamsters serves as a sexual excitant or attractant for the male even in the absence of previous sexual experience, but attraction to the secretion can be altered with surprising ease by pairing ingestion of the secretion with gastrointestinal illness"
Keywords:		"Animals Avoidance Learning/*physiology Conditioning, Psychological Cricetinae Gastrointestinal Diseases/chemically induced Lithium Male Pheromones/*physiology Sex Attractants/*physiology *Taste;"
Notes:		"MedlineJohnston, R E Zahorik, D M eng Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. 1975/09/12 Science. 1975 Sep 12; 189(4206):893-4. doi: 10.1126/science.1154027"