title: Acceleration of sexual maturation in female rats by male stimulation.
abstract: In comparison to controls reared in isolation, female rats reared in the presence of an adult male from weaning attained puberty 5 days earlier when living in groups or almost 9 days earlier when living singly with a male. Accelerated sexual development occurred in the absence of accelerated physical growth.
mesh_terms: D000819:Animal Communication; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012741:Sexual Maturation; D013997:Time Factors