Could sexiness come from our parents? Possibly - new research reveals that at least for mice, promiscuous moms bear sexier smelling sons. But as guest host Annie Gaus reports, all this sexiness is not without its downsides. Read More: Promiscuous mouse moms bear sexier sons http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/uou-pmm111213.php "University of Utah biologists found that when mother mice compete socially for mates in a promiscuous environment, their sons play hard and die young: They attract more females by making more urinary pheromones, but smelling sexier shortens their lives." Pheromone Helps Mice Remember Where to Find a Mate http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121213142305.htm "Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that male mice produce a pheromone that provokes females and competitor males to remember a preference for the place where the pheromone was previously encountered." Tears for Fears: Juvenile Mice Secrete a Protective Pheromone in Their Tears, Blocking Adult Mating http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131002131438.htm "Nocturnal animals need their noses to stay alive. Mice, among others, depend on their impressive olfactory powers to sniff out food or avoid danger in the dark." Like Father, Like Son: Attractiveness Is Hereditary http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071119213948.htm "Sexy dads produce sexy sons, in the insect world at least. While scientists already knew that specific attractive traits, from cricket choruses to peacocks' tails, are passed on to their offspring, the heritability of attractiveness as a whole is more contentious." Watch More: Why Love Stinks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYM0KXs8-To TestTube Wild Card: http://testtube.com/dnews/dnews-536-honey-is-magic?utm_source=YT&utm;_medium=DNews&utm;_campaign=DNWC Your Brain in Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU7lpX6dvF8 ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel DNews on Twitter http://twitter.com/dnews Anthony Carboni on Twitter http://twitter.com/acarboni Laci Green on Twitter http://twitter.com/gogreen18 Trace Dominguez on Twitter http://twitter.com/trace501 DNews on Facebook http://facebook.com/dnews DNews on Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews Discovery News http://discoverynews.com

• published: 19 Nov 2013
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