Male house mice (Mus musculus) produce the two compounds in their urine, and dominant males produce the most, scaring away rivals from their territory.
Not exact matches
Both types of
male mice (the heterozygous
mice containing the FOXP2 mutation and the wildtype
mice) were placed in several unique contexts —
housed with an active wildtype female
mouse, in proximity of only the urine of wildtype females, or
housed with a sleeping female or sleeping
male mouse.
The article «Female
house mice initially shun infected
males, but do not avoid mating with them», by Sarah M. Zala, Amber Bilak, Michael Perkins, Wayne K. Potts and Dustin J. Penn was published in the journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.
A total of 60
male mice aged eight weeks were
housed 4 per cage and were divided into five groups with 12
mice per group.
Wild - type (C57BL / 6J background)
male and female
mice bred in our animal facility were used for the solo - versus group -
housing experiment.
Methods:
Male wildtype and PPARα − / −
mice were
housed at thermoneutrality (28 °C) or cold (5 °C) for 10 days.
In this study, we monitored the partner preference behaviour of female and
male wild
house mice (Mus musculus domesticus) from populations.
Top image: Philip Pearlstein Mickey
Mouse, White
House as Bird
House,
Male and Female Models, 2001, oil on canvas, 60 x 72 inches