A Missing Piece: The Spiny Mouse And The Puzzle Of Menstruating Species
May 2018
in “
Journal of Molecular Endocrinology
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Studysummary This article discusses the discovery of the first known menstruating rodent, the spiny mouse, and proposes that a significant increase in progesterone during the luteal phase is a unique feature of menstruating species, but reports no new experimental results.
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