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Female house mice do not differ in their exploratory behaviour from males

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081766%3A_____%2F16%3A00458476" target="_blank" >RIV/68081766:_____/16:00458476 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Alternative codes found

    RIV/67985904:_____/16:00458518

  • Result on the web

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eth.12462" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eth.12462</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eth.12462" target="_blank" >10.1111/eth.12462</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Female house mice do not differ in their exploratory behaviour from males

  • Original language description

    Dispersal is an important ecological trait affecting genetic variation and dynamics of populations. Hence, the exploratory behaviour prior to actual dispersal may be crucial for potentially dispersing individuals. In mammals, females are traditionally seen as the more philopatric sex and dispersal as male-biased behaviour, and so behavioural strategies related to the exploration of novel resources should be differentially expressed in males and females. In addition, due to sexual selection exploratory strategies may be expected to vary according to females’ reproductive phase. We employed a standard open-field test as an approximation of the first phase of dispersal, using adult house mice representing two subspecies, M. m. musculus and M. m. domesticus. We tested the prediction that exploration of neutral area varies in females during different phases of the oestrus cycle and is different between both sexes and subspecies. We expected to find higher exploration in males, as the more dispersing sex and less pronounced subspecies-specific differences in females than in males. We found no significant effect of the oestrous phase on any of the parameters of the exploratory behaviour measured. Sexual dimorphism was found only in latency to enter the arena in M. m. domesticus where females hesitated longer to enter a new area than males. Significant subspecies-specific differences were found in three of four tested exploration parameters, so we conclude that females of both subspecies follow similar strategies to those displayed by males. Musculus mice show shorter latency to enter a new area, but once inside, domesticus mice explore the arena significantly longer, with less frequent retreats to a shelter. Our results thus highlight that the role of female dispersal in interdemic gene flow should not be neglected.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

  • CEP classification

    EG - Zoology

  • OECD FORD branch

Result continuities

  • Project

    Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

  • Continuities

    I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Others

  • Publication year

    2016

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    Ethology

  • ISSN

    0179-1613

  • e-ISSN

  • Volume of the periodical

    122

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    4

  • Country of publishing house

    DE - GERMANY

  • Number of pages

    10

  • Pages from-to

    298-307

  • UT code for WoS article

    000372264800003

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database

    2-s2.0-84959516882