English Explanatory Dictionary

Whitten effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The situation where male pheromones stimulate synchronous estrus in a female population.

Word forms

Whitten effect Whitten effects

Etymology

Observed by Wesley K. Whitten in the mid-20th century.

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