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Signalling components of the house mouse mate recognition system

SYSNO ASEP	0315431
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Signalling components of the house mouse mate recognition system
Title	Signální komponenty pářících rozpoznávacích systémů u myši domácí
Author(s)	Bímová, Barbora (UBO-W)_RID Albrecht, Tomáš (UBO-W)_{RID, SAI, ORCID} Macholán, Miloš (UZFG-Y)_{RID, ORCID} Piálek, Jaroslav (UBO-W)_{RID, ORCID, SAI}
Number of authors	4
Source Title	Behavioural Processes. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0376-6357 Roč. 80, č. 1 (2009), s. 20-27
Number of pages	8 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	NL - Netherlands
Keywords	Faeces ; Olfactory communication ; Salivary androgen binding protein ; Sexual preferences ; Urinary signals
Subject RIV	EB - Genetics ; Molecular Biology
R&D Projects	IAA600930506 GA AV ČR - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AV ČR)
CEZ	AV0Z60930519 - UBO-W (2005-2011)
	AV0Z50450515 - UZFG-Y (2005-2011)
UT WOS	000262546900004
DOI	10.1016/j.beproc.2008.08.004
Annotation	Subspecies-specific mate recognition may represent significant barrier to gene flow. In the house mouse, assortative mating involves the coevolution of signals and receptors. We compared signalling ability of bedding material, faeces, urine, saliva, salivary ABP and combinations of urine with saliva and urine with ABP in two wild-derived inbred strains (of M. m. musculus and M. m. domesticus origine). We observed high levels of variation in assortative preferences between the strains and sexes. The strongest preferences were observed in musculus individuals in tests where urine was present alone or as part of a composite signal target. Domesticus mice displayed strain-specific preferences for faeces. No effect of combined cues was detected. There is a divergence across both the stimulus and preference parts of recognition system and stimuli that have the capacity to carry a signal for extended periods seem to be the most important substances in strain-specific recognition.
Workplace	Institute of Vertebrate Biology
Contact	Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524
Year of Publishing	2009

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