Definition for Whitten effect
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The Whitten effect occurs when male pheromones stimulate synchronous estrus in a female population.
Social signals, or social stimuli, have an effect on reproduction in all mammals. For certain female mice, the pheromones contained in the urine of male mice can act as a social stimulus, and induce synchronous estrus.
