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  • Title: The hormonal control of scent marking and precopulatory behavior in male gray short-tailed opossums (Monodelphis domestica).
    Author: Fadem BH, Erianne GS, Karen LM.
    Journal: Horm Behav; 1989 Sep; 23(3):381-92. PubMed ID: 2793079.
    Abstract:
    Little is known about the hormonal control of behavior in marsupials. In the present study, the effects of castration and of testosterone or estradiol replacement therapy on scent marking and precopulatory behavior in male gray short-tailed oppossums (Monodelphis domestica) were examined. It was found that castration resulted in decreases in chest and flank/hip marking displayed by male gray opossums. Testosterone but not estradiol stimulated chest marking in castrates. Males treated with either estradiol or testosterone displayed more flank/hip marking than control males. Highest levels of female aggression toward males were seen when the males had received testosterone treatment. These findings are discussed with respect to similarities and differences between marsupials and eutherians in the neural metabolism of testosterone and the hormonal control of scent marking behavior.
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