| Title: | Pheromonal regulation of male mouse ultrasonic courtship (Mus musculus) |
| Author(s): | Nyby J; Wysocki CJ; Whitney G; Dizinno G; |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0003-3472(77)90009-4 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0003-3472 (Print) 0003-3472 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | Biochemicals from several sites on the body of female house mice (Mus musculus) were found to elicit 70-kHz ultrasonic calls from male mice. Experiment 1 demonstrated that an anaesthetized female wrapped in an odour-impermeable plastic bag elicited ultrasounds from males when either the front or rear of their body was left exposed. In experiment 2 cotton swabs rubbed on the face and cheeks of females but not from males elicited ultrasonic calls from males. The results of experiment 3 suggested that female vaginal odours also elicit calls. Experiments 4 and 5 demonstrated that males will also emit ultrasounds in response to female but not male urine. The source and chemical nature of this 'ultrasound-releasing pheromone' remain to be discovered |
| Keywords: | "Animals *Courtship Female Housing, Animal Male Mice Mice, Inbred C57BL Mice, Inbred DBA *Mice, Inbred Strains Pheromones/metabolism/*physiology Smell Social Behavior *Ultrasonics Urine Vagina/metabolism *Vocalization, Animal;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineNyby, J Wysocki, C J Whitney, G Dizinno, G eng Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. England 1977/05/01 Anim Behav. 1977 May; 25(2):333-41. doi: 10.1016/0003-3472(77)90009-4" |
