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Dynamic instability of the major urinary protein gene family revealed by genomic and phenotypic comparisons between C57 and 129 strain mice

Jonathan M Mudge*, Stuart D Armstrong, Karen McLaren, Robert J Beynon, Jane L Hurst, Christine Nicholson, Duncan H Robertson, Laurens G Wilming and Jennifer L Harrow

Genome Biology 2008, 9:R91 doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-5-r91

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Darcin: a male pheromone that stimulates female memory and sexual attraction to an individual male's odour

Sarah A Roberts, Deborah M Simpson, Stuart D Armstrong, Amanda J Davidson, Duncan H Robertson, Lynn McLean, Robert J Beynon, Jane L Hurst BMC Biology 2010, 8:75 (3 June 2010)

Jane Hurst and colleagues have identified a male specific signalling protein, 'darcin', in mouse urine that attracts females and is responsible for learned preference for specific males.