A female mouse gathers, grooms and nurses her 3-day-old pups in the research lab of assistant professor of zoology Stephen Gammie. Gammie has studied the link between maternal aggression in mice and levels of a peptide hormone that controls behavior, particularly an animal’s response to fear and anxiety.
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Photo by: Michael Forster Rothbart
Date: 7/04 File#: D100 digital camera frame 5909
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