The influence of females on male territorial dominance and female preference in dwelling place in laboratory mice |
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Authors: | S Hayashi K Tomihara |
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Institution: | (1) Faculty of Education, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan`Tel. +81-99-285-7799; Fax +81-99-285-7809`e-mail: hayashi@edu.kagoshima-u.ac.jp, JP;(2) Faculty of Law, Economics and the Humanities, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan, JP |
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Abstract: | The influence of female mice (Mus musculus) on intermale aggression and the female choice between dominant and subordinate males were tested. Normal male mice were
paired with a castrated male or a female. Two pairs of the same kind were housed together after acclimation for 3 days in
half (home cage) of the apparatus, which was composed of eight cages connected by tunnels. One of the two normal males became
dominant. The dominant males became more aggressive in the presence of females than in the presence of castrated males. The
two normal males dwelt in their own home cages. The two females dwelt together and preferred to dwell in the home cages of
the dominant male. The two castrated males dwelt together and seemed to decide their dwelling cage more freely than the subordinate
normal male.
Received: August 20, 1999 / Accepted: December 6, 1999 |
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Keywords: | Intermale aggression Territory Dominance Female preference Castrated male |
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