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Physiol Behav

Title:		Male odors that influence the preference of female mice: roles of urinary and preputial factors
Author(s):		Ninomiya K; Kimura T;
Address:		"Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan"
Journal Title:		Physiol Behav
Year:		1988
Volume:		44
Issue:		6
Page Number:		791 - 795
DOI:		10.1016/0031-9384(88)90064-9
ISSN/ISBN:		0031-9384 (Print) 0031-9384 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Female mice preferred to investigate the odor of normal male urine to that of either castrated or preputialectomized male urine. Females showed no particular preferences in two-choice tests among castrated, castrated-preputialectomized and preputialectomized male urine. These results suggest that both urinary and preputial factors of males are involved in female attraction. In an experiment with urine mixtures, females preferred a mixture of urine from preputialectomized males and castrated males to a mixture of urine from preputialectomized males and castrated-preputialectomized males. This strongly suggests that the urinary factor is androgen-dependent, while the preputial factor is possibly androgen-independent. Further experiments demonstrated the possibility that the preputial odorous factor involved in female attraction is increased or newly formed after excretion of the secretion"
Keywords:		"Age Factors Animals Female Male Mice *Odorants Orchiectomy Penis/*metabolism/surgery Pheromones/*urine Sex Attractants/metabolism/physiology/*urine Sexual Behavior, Animal/*physiology;"
Notes:		"MedlineNinomiya, K Kimura, T eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 1988/01/01 Physiol Behav. 1988; 44(6):791-5. doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(88)90064-9"