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Effect of Testosterone Propionate on Mating

Nature volume 139, pages 588–589 (1937)Cite this article

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MUCH has been written recently about the effectiveness of testosterone in restoring the atrophic accessory glands of castrated rats, but little, if any, attention has been paid to its effect on mating behaviour.

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  1. (1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholar.) National Institute for Medical Research, Hampstead, N.W.3.

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SHAPIRO, H. Effect of Testosterone Propionate on Mating. Nature 139, 588–589 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139588b0

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