ArticleThe influence of reproductive state on infanticide by wild female house mice (Mus musculus)☆
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This research was conducted in partial fulfillment of the degree of Master of Arts by MMM at the University of Missouri-Columbia and was supported by grants to FVS from NINCDS, NIH (NS 20075), NSF (BNS 8203714), and University of Missouri Biomedical Research Support Grant RR 07053 from NIH.
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Present address: Institute of Animal Behavior, Newark, NJ.