Copulatory Behavior Can Inhibit Pregnancy in Female Rats
- 19 June 1970
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 168 (3938), 1480-1482
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.168.3938.1480
Abstract
If female rats received genital stimulation soon enough after their male partners had ejaculated, sperm transport and subsequent pregnancy were inhibited. Manual stimulation by the experimenter or five intromissions by a male rat were sufficient stimuli to reduce the number of sperm found in the uterus and to reduce the number of uterine implantation sites.Keywords
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