ea0063p333 | Reproductive Endocrinology 1 | ECE2019
deCatanzaro Denys
, Pollock Tyler
, Greville Lucas
, Faure Paul
We have investigated inter-individual transfer of 17β-estradiol (E2) and progesterone (P-4), and related it to mammalian pheromonal effects. Assays of unconjugated E2 and P4 revealed their presence in male and female urine of laboratory mice and big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus), which are phylogenetically very distant from each other. These small and lipophilic steroids readily pass through biological membr...