Researchers find epigenetic factor in monogamy for voles

Monday, June 3, 2013 - 10:00 in Biology & Nature

(Phys.org) —A team of researchers at Florida State University has found an epigenetic factor involved in voles' lifelong pair bonding. In their paper published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, the researchers describe how they found the act of mating—along with time spent alone—led to permanent brain changes in the voles involved in the study.

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