behavior/neurological
• minor
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• ovariectomized mice exhibit masculinized coital behaviors compared with control mice
• intact and ovariectomized female mice prefer female urine unlike control mice
• however, masculinized coital behaviors are rescued by 17beta-estradiol treatment
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• female mice avoid normal male partners
• ovariectomized mice treated with 17beta-estradiol exhibit reduced sexual receptivity (noted by lordosis) with occasional mating by forced intromission compared with control mice
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growth/size/body
• slight
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skeleton
• ovariectomized mice exhibit a suppression of lordosis induced by 17beta-estradiol treatment compared with control mice
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