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Science 19 July 1963:
Vol. 141. no. 3577, pp. 273 - 274
DOI: 10.1126/science.141.3577.273
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Suppression of the Development of Female Mating Behavior by Estrogen Administered in Infancy

Richard E. Whalen 1 and Ronald D. Nadler 1

1 Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles 24

The administration of estradiol benzoate subcutaneously to 4-day-old female rats resulted in reduced mating in response to estrogen and progesterone in adulthood.


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