| Title: | "Effects of donor age on urinary chemosignals that influence the timing of first oestrus in young female house mice, Mus domesticus" |
| Address: | "Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 62901" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0022-4251 (Print) 0022-4251 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The effects of donor age on the effectiveness of puberty-influencing urinary chemosignals in wild house mice was tested in a series of 3 experiments. The chemosignal from male mice that accelerates puberty was present in the urine from about the time of puberty and throughout the normal lifespan, but declined about 1 year of age. Oestrous females released a substance in their urine that accelerates puberty in young females. This substance remained effective from first oestrus until over 1 year of age, although older females were in oestrus less frequently than younger mice. Females that are pregnant or lactating released a puberty-accelerating substance in their urine regardless of age. Production and release of the puberty-delaying chemosignal by grouped females was initiated before puberty and continued throughout the lifespan of the mouse" |
| Keywords: | Aging/*physiology Animals Estrus/*physiology Female Lactation Male Mice Pheromones/*urine Pregnancy Sex Attractants/*urine *Sexual Maturation; |
| Notes: | "MedlineDrickamer, L C eng HD-08585/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. England 1988/07/01 J Reprod Fertil. 1988 Jul; 83(2):829-34. doi: 10.1530/jrf.0.0830829" |
