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H.D. is a National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Fellow. S.E. is funded by a career development fellowship from the Cerebral Palsy Alliance to H.D. Partial funding for this project was obtained from National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia to H.D. and a grant from the Victorian Government Infrastructure Support Fund to the Hudson Institute of Medical Research.
The authors report no conflict of interest.
Cite this article as: Bellofiore N, Ellery SJ, Mamrot J, et al. First evidence of a menstruating rodent: the spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus). Am J Obstet Gynecol 2017;216:40.e1-11.