Urine Pheromone in Mice Named After Jane Austen Character

Wednesday, June 2, 2010 - 18:50 in Health & Medicine

In one of the more bizarre homages to Jane Austen, biologists have named a protein in mice urine after her famed character Mr. Darcy from the novel "Pride and Prejudice."

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