TY - JOUR
T1 - Infanticide and caretaking in non-lactating Mus musculus
T2 - Influence of genotype, family group and sex
AU - Jakubowski, Moshe
AU - Terkel, Joseph
PY - 1982/11
Y1 - 1982/11
N2 - The involvement of genotype, family group and sex in the regulation of the response to young was studied in non-lactating wild versus laboratory house mice (Mus musculus). Regardless of the sex, naive wild mice typically killed young, in contrast to laboratory mice, which characteristically exhibited parental care. After cohabiting with parents attending their offspring, wild males exhibited paternal behaviour, while the majority of wild virgin females continued to display infanticide. Contrary to the prevailing view, the results indicate that (a) parental behaviour in wild mice does not occur spontaneously, and (b) the domesticated mouse may not always reliably represent the species Mus musculus in behavioural studies.
AB - The involvement of genotype, family group and sex in the regulation of the response to young was studied in non-lactating wild versus laboratory house mice (Mus musculus). Regardless of the sex, naive wild mice typically killed young, in contrast to laboratory mice, which characteristically exhibited parental care. After cohabiting with parents attending their offspring, wild males exhibited paternal behaviour, while the majority of wild virgin females continued to display infanticide. Contrary to the prevailing view, the results indicate that (a) parental behaviour in wild mice does not occur spontaneously, and (b) the domesticated mouse may not always reliably represent the species Mus musculus in behavioural studies.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0003-3472(82)80192-9
DO - 10.1016/S0003-3472(82)80192-9
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AN - SCOPUS:0001079588
SN - 0003-3472
VL - 30
SP - 1029
EP - 1035
JO - Animal Behaviour
JF - Animal Behaviour
IS - 4
ER -
