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Deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus are known to engage in multiple-male copulations in the field. Litters conceived in the field are known to be of multiple paternity (Birdsall and Nash, 1973). In a subsidiary analysis of data from several experiments, Dewsbury and Baumgardner (1981) found evidence that females mating with more than one male may have a decreased probability of pregnancy compared to females receiving similar amounts of stimulation from one male. Three experiments were designed to verify and explore this phenomenon.
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Dewsbury, D.A. (1983). A Pregnancy Block Resulting from Multiple-Male Copulation or Exposure at the Tine of Mating in Deer Mice (Peromyscus Maniculatus). In: Müller-Schwarze, D., Silverstein, R.M. (eds) Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9652-0_22
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