Darcin - a new sex pheromone in mice that stimulates female memory
Posted on: 17 March 2010 in 2010
Darcin: a male pheromone that stimulates female memory and sexual attraction to an individual male's odour
Roberts, S.A., Simpson, D.M., Armstrong, S.D., Davidson, A.J., Robertson, D.H., McLean, L., Beynon, R.J. & Hurst, J.L. (2010) Darcin: a male pheromone that stimulates female memory and sexual attraction to an individual male's odour. BMC Biology 8: 75
Darcin: a male pheromone that stimulates female memory
Nominated as 'Exceptional' by Etienne Joly in Faculty1000 Biology
Keywords: Hurst, Beynon, scent communication, mate choice, MUPs, protein chemistry, rodents, volatile odours, darcin, individual recognition.