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  • Title: The effects of progesterone on sexual behavior in male green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis).
    Author: Young LJ, Greenberg N, Crews D.
    Journal: Horm Behav; 1991 Dec; 25(4):477-88. PubMed ID: 1813375.
    Abstract:
    It is well known that androgen-dependent sexual behaviors in male mammals and birds are inhibited by exogenous progesterone (P). However, recent research on male whiptail lizards (Cnemidophorus inornatus) indicates that P can stimulate sexual and copulatory behavior. We report here both antiandrogenic and synandrogenic actions of P on sexual behavior in males of another reptile, the green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis). Earlier reports on birds and mammals are reviewed and discussed in relation to a possible physiological role of P in influencing sexual behavior in male vertebrates.
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