The Effect of Reciprocal Cross-Fostering of Pups in Two Species of Mice Mus musculus and Mus spicilegus: An Altered Response to Con- and Heterospecific Odors
- Authors: Kotenkova E.V.1, Ambaryan A.V.1, Maltsev A.N.1
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Affiliations:
- Severtsov Institute of Problems of Ecology and Evolution
- Issue: Vol 45, No 2 (2018)
- Pages: 179-185
- Section: Zoology
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1062-3590/article/view/182732
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S106235901802005X
- ID: 182732
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Abstract
The effect of pup cross-fostering by the house mouse Mus musculus and the mound-building mouse M. spicilegus on the odor preferences of sexually mature individuals has been studied for the first time. House and mound-building mice reared by females of a closely related species did not prefer any of the odors, in contrast to intact individuals of these species. Some individuals reared by females of a closely related species preferred the odor of foster species to conspecific odor. Early olfactory experience has been shown to alter the response of house mice and mound-building mice to odors of their own species and foster species.
About the authors
E. V. Kotenkova
Severtsov Institute of Problems of Ecology and Evolution
Author for correspondence.
Email: evkotenkova@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119071
A. V. Ambaryan
Severtsov Institute of Problems of Ecology and Evolution
Email: evkotenkova@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119071
A. N. Maltsev
Severtsov Institute of Problems of Ecology and Evolution
Email: evkotenkova@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119071