Oxytocin inhibits infanticide in female house mice (Mus domesticus).

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Published in Horm Behav on September 01, 1990

Authors

M M McCarthy1

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Animal Behavior, Rutgers-State University of New Jersey, Newark 07102.

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