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Subsequent to early studies that established the pheromonal qualities of male urine to synchronize estrous cycles of laboratory mice [ 2 ] , sexual maturation in female mice was shown to be accelerated by male pheromones [ 3 ] and retarded by female pheromones [ 4 ] . Pheromonal induction of first estrus in juvenile females has been reported in a variety of other mammals including prairie voles [ 5 ] , pigs [ 6 ] , and opossums [ 7 ] .
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.
Data from unexposed females killed at 105, 130, and 150 days provided a basis for evaluating the effects of male pheromone on somatic growth and reproductive activation during pheromonal induction of first estrus in exposed females.
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.
The onset of puberty in female opossums is strongly influenced by pheromonal and, perhaps, other social cues.