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Biology of Reproduction, Vol 24, 523-527, Copyright © 1981 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

Puberty Acceleration by a Urinary Cue from Male Mice in Feral Populations

ADRIANNE MASSEY 1, and JOHN G. VANDENBERGH 1

1 Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27650


The density of a population of wild house mice living on a highway island was monitored for 2 years. During the second year, urine was collected from male mice when the population was at its lowest (June) and highest (January) densities. The urine was tested for its ability to accelerate puberty in laboratory-housed juvenile albino female mice. Urine collected at both stages of the population accelerated puberty by approximately 1 week, indicating that changes in season and population density did not alter the ability of male urine to cause acceleration of puberty.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We thank C. Bradley and F. Gould for technical assistance. F. Gould, R. Lancia, J. Lombardi, and D. Smith provided comments on the manuscript. This research was supported by NIMH grant MH 30577. Paper number 6701 of the Journal series of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, Raleigh, NC.

Submitted on September 12, 1980
Accepted on December 3, 1980






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