Hamster vaginal discharge

O Connell R.J., Singer A.G., Pfaffmann C. and Agosta W. (1979). Pheromones of hamster vaginal discharge attraction to femtogram amounts of dimethyl disulfide and to mixtures of volatile components. J Chem Ecol 5, 575-585. 

Singer, A.G., Clancy, A. N Macrides, F., and Agosta, W. C., 1984, Chemical studies of hamster vaginal discharge Effects of endocrine ablation and protein digestion on behaviorally active macromolecular fractions. Physiol. Behav. 33 639-643. 

Gregory, E., Engel, K., and Pfeff, D., 1975, Male hamster preference for odors of female hamster vaginal discharges studies of experiential and hormonal determinants, J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 89 442-446. 

Singer, A.G., Macrides, P., Clancy, A.N. Agosta, W.C. 1986. Purification and analysis of a proteinaceous aphrodisiac pheromone from hamster vaginal discharge. J. Biol. Chem., 261, 13323—13326. 

O Connell, R.J., A.G. Singer, C. Pfaffman, and W.C. Agosta Pheromones of Hamster Vaginal Discharges. Attraction to Fentogram Amounts of Dimethyldisulfide and to Mixture of Volatile Components. J. Chem. Ecol. 5, 575-585 (1979). 

Clancy A.N., Macrides F., Singer A. and Agosta W.C. (1984). Male hamster copulatory responses to a high molecular weight fraction of vaginal discharge effects of vomeronasal organ removal. Physiol Behav 33, 653-660. 

Vasilieva, N. Y. (1994) Social cues influencing reproductive characteristics in Golden hamsters the role of male flank gland secretion, vaginal discharge and litter composition. Advances in the Biosciences 93, 317-323. 

Hamster Mesocricetus auratus vaginal odor influences the ability of males to discriminate between females on different days of the estrus cycle (275), whereas features of the complex mixture from the vaginal discharge of female chimpanzees. Pan troglodytes, distinguish these apes from other anthropoids and may therefore, be involved in the odor signal that identifies chimpanzees (259). 

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