Penile spines of the domestic cat: Their endocrine‐behavior relations

@article{Aronson1967PenileSO,
  title={Penile spines of the domestic cat: Their endocrine‐behavior relations},
  author={Lester R. Aronson and Madeline L. Cooper},
  journal={The Anatomical Record},
  year={1967},
  volume={157}
}
The post-natal development of penile spines, their appearance in adult males, and the changes that occur in them after castration, after treatment of castrated males with testosterone propionate, and after cessation of hormone treatment were studied using both pre and postpuberal castrates. [] Key Method Most of the observations were made on live animals and the conditions of the spines were correlated with levels of sexual activity using data from mating tests with estrous females. In all the conditions of…
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