Aversive potency of urine from dominant and subordinate male laboratory mice (Mus musculus)
Resolution of a conflict
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11106281 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ray B Jones (0000-0002-7886-8470, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, corresponding author), Norman W Nowell |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 291-296 |
| Publication date | 1989-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Aggressive Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0096-140X • E-ISSN: 1098-2337 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ab.2480150404 |
| OpenAlex | W2024004996 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 30 |
The present study assessed the aversive potency of urine collected from male albino mice that had been clearly identified as dominants/winners or subordinates/losers of paired aggression tests and then housed either individually or in a quasi‐paired situation in which only a wire‐mesh divider separated the two mice. This divider permitted constant visual, olfactory, auditory, and some tactile contact. The responses of individually tested, group‐housed males were recorded when half of the substrate in a test box was treated with either water or one of the four urine types; the other half remained untreated. Significant preferences for the untreated half were found when the urine of winners or losers housed in individual metabolism cages or that of pair‐housed dominants was used as the test stimulus. On the other hand, neither water nor the urine of cohabiting subordinate males was avoided. The present findings confirmed our earlier reports that the urine of dominant male mice was aversive, whereas that of their cohabiting subordinate partners was not. They also identified Sawyer's [1978] procedure of housing winners and losers in individual cages, with the consequent interruption of social contact as the likely reason for his failure to replicate our reports that subordinate male urine lacked aversive properties. The territorial implications of the aversive factor and other urinary signals are discussed
Aggression · Audiology · Aversive Stimulus · Biology · Developmental psychology · House mice · Potency · Replicate · Stimulus (psychology · Urinary system · Urination · Urine · Animal Behavior and Reproduction · Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies · Ecology · Endocrinology · Genetics · Medicine · Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior · Physiology · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.06 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 1994 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |