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African spiny mice (\n                    <jats:italic>Acomys cahirinus<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) are rodents in the family Muridae known for their remarkable regenerative abilities, menstruation, tail osteoderms, and unique social behaviors, including cooperative breeding, communal parenting, and low aggression. They are also related to gerbils (\n                    <jats:italic>Meriones<\/jats:italic>\n                    ), which are among the few murids that lack preputial glands and instead scent\u2010mark with midventral glands.\n                    <jats:italic>Acomys<\/jats:italic>\n                    also lack preputial glands, but whether they have midventral glands is less well known. Here, we determined that\n                    <jats:italic>Acomys<\/jats:italic>\n                    have midventral glands near the umbilicus. As in\n                    <jats:italic>Meriones<\/jats:italic>\n                    , male\n                    <jats:italic>Acomys<\/jats:italic>\n                    had larger midventral glands that were visible after depilation. Immunohistochemistry showed that midventral glands in both sexes were positive for androgen receptors, suggesting they may be under androgen control. This investigation provides basic information on the presence, location, structure, and sexual dimorphism of the midventral glands in\n                    <jats:italic>Acomys<\/jats:italic>\n                    , providing a morphological baseline for comparative studies of social signaling across the Muridae family.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/ar.70380","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,14]],"date-time":"2026-10-14T07:54:08Z","timestamp":1791964448000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A note on the presence and sexual dimorphism of midventral glands in African spiny mice (\n                    <i>Acomys cahirinus<\/i>\n                    )"],"prefix":"10.1002","author":[{"given":"Jacqueline","family":"Cupo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology University of Florida  Gainesville Florida USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7178-5309","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Malcolm","family":"Maden","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology University of Florida  Gainesville Florida USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2822-9045","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Justin","family":"Varholick","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology University of Florida  Gainesville Florida USA"},{"name":"Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology Kennesaw State University  Kennesaw Georgia USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_6_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1131","DOI":"10.1016\/B978-0-12-380920-9.00052-3","volume-title":"The laboratory rabbit, guinea pig, hamster, and other rodents","author":"Batchelder M.","year":"2012"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1134\/s1062359022090096"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2307\/1378829"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10886-008-9428-0"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/s41598-023-44257-6"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/eth.13234"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0031-9384(93)90341-C"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1644\/BLe-010"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.isci.2023.106779"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1530\/jrf.0.0570183"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/ar.1092110313"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1439-0310.1978.tb01833.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0003-3472(86)80178-6"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_15_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2307\/1377136"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/00212210.1994.10688744"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_17_1","first-page":"659","volume-title":"Current topics in developmental biology","author":"Seifert A. 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