News tagged with female mice

Copper + love chemical = big sulfur stink

When Hiroaki Matsunami, Ph.D., at Duke set out to study a chemical in male mouse urine called MTMT that attracts female mice, he didn't think he would stumble into a new field of study.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Sex-specific behaviors traced to hormone-controlled genes in the brain

Hormones shape our bodies, make us fertile, excite our most basic urges, and as scientists have known for years, they govern the behaviors that separate men from women. But how?

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

When singing mice choose a mate, a skillful song gets the gal

Like rock stars of the rodent world, the flashiest performers of a Central American mouse species get the most attention from the ladies, a University of Florida study shows.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pride, prejudice and the 'Darcin effect'

The pheromone that attracts female mice to the odour of a particular male has been identified. Named 'darcin' by researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biology (after Darcy, the attractive hero in Jane Austen ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Some neural tube defects in mice linked to enzyme deficiency

Women of childbearing age can reduce the risk of having a child born with a neural tube defect such as spina bifida by eating enough folate or folic acid. However, folate prevents only about 70 percent of these defects.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0