Example sentences for: pheromonal

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  • Moreover, this growth response marks a difference between pheromonal acceleration of puberty in opossums and that which is well-documented in mice, wherein females paired with males ovulate at a lower body mass (< 20 g) than that of isolated females (> 20 g) [ 30 31 ] .

  • Our findings provide the critical descriptive groundwork for further investigations into the physiological pathways and underlying mechanisms involved in pheromonal regulation of somatic and sexual maturation in opossums.

  • Plasma concentrations of estradiol in opossums are low (<15 pg/ml) during anestrus and are elevated (>20 pg/ml) only during estrus [ 15 ] . Mean plasma estradiol concentrations as high as 58 pg/ml have been reported in estrous females [ 25 ] , but a gradual increase in circulating estradiol during pheromonal induction of estrus in opossums has not been described.

  • The gray short-tailed opossum ( Monodelphis domestica ), a small (60-150 g) marsupial native to scrub forests of southeastern Brazil, provides new opportunities for study of olfactory communication and pheromonal activation of reproduction.

  • Juvenile females in this study were exposed to male scentmarks from the age of 90 days, but they did not express first estrus until 130 days, much longer than the average of 7 days required for pheromonal induction of estrus in adults.


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