Biologists named a sex pheromone found in mouse urine after Mr. Darcy.

If you’re anything like me, you’re constantly wondering, “How do these aloof and frankly cold male mice keep attracting partners?!” Science has an answer: Blame it on the darcin. Back in 2010, a team of biologists at the University of Liverpool studying major urinary proteins (MUPs) in mouse urine identified a male pheromone that “stimulates […]

Biologists named a sex pheromone found in mouse urine after Mr. Darcy.

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