Whitney Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>RE: infertile females when housed with more than one male:
>
>Human menstrual cycle has been documented as synchronizing when two or more
>women live together or work closely together--a phenomenon observed every
>fall in college dorms and sorority houses! How we survive that fall
>semester is beyond me. The synchronization is olfactory in origin (linked
>to the sense of smell).
>
>Perhaps something similar is occurring with the females who are "smelling
>too much testosterone in the air....?" ;-) Just a thought......
I am sure this synchronisation does take place in gerbils as well. But I
am also sure that it is not guaranteed to make it safe to keep two
breeding females together.
--
Julian
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