Mice Pheromones

Question 1

Bruce effect

Answer 1

Pregnancy block, recently conceived females resorb fetuses during early pregnancy in the presence of an unrelated male

Question 2

Vandenbergh effect

Answer 2

Acceleration of puberty of juvenile females in response to male urine

Question 3

Lee-Boot effect

Answer 3

Suppression of estrus cyclicity among group housed females isolated from males

Question 4

Whitten effect

Answer 4

Synchronization of estrus among a group of females in response to a male

Question 5

Mup

Answer 5

Important components of chemosensory communication, small soluble proteins known as lipocalins, which binds small organic chemicals (pheromones) with high affinity and function as pheromone transporters and stabilizers

Question 6

Darcin

Answer 6

well characterized Mup, female attractant

Question 7

kairomones

Answer 7

Function as chemical signals between species, mups are kairomones

Question 8

Mup excretion

Answer 8

high in urine (M>F) and potent allergens, especially Mus m 1 (Ag1 or MA1) encoded by Mup 17 gene