Someone Actually Studied: Why Mice Go Gaga for Urine

UK - Jane Hurst and colleagues studied more than 450 female house mice. The scientists exposed the mice to two urine scents - one from a male, and one from a female - and measured how long the females lingered near the smelly spot. In some trials, the mice were allowed to touch the scent mark, and in some cases only smell it. The new finding is the first time a specific protein has been shown to drive sexual attraction to individual males in a complex vertebrate. ---...More