Father Mouse (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Father Mouse

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Like mothers, father mice also nurture their young, and will carry them to the nest and groom them. In males and females, this parental behavior maps to similar circuits in the brain.

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Dulac Lab/Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Harvard

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