SEXUAL AND OLFACTORY PREFERENCES OF NAIVE AND EXPERIENCED MALE HAMSTERS
SEXUAL AND OLFACTORY PREFERENCES OF NAIVE AND EXPERIENCED MALE HAMSTERS
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DOI:
10.1016/0003-3472(78)90073-8
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
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影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
CARTER, CS
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作者:
LANDAUER, MR;BANKS, EM;CARTER, CS
The olfactory preferences and behavioral responses of sexually naive and sexually experienced male hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) towards anaesthetized conspecifics were investigated. Olfactory preference tests, in which the odors of a pair of anaesthetized stimuls animals were presented in a 2-choice olfactometer, revealed that both sexually inexperienced and experienced males preferred female (estrous and diestrous) to male conspecific odors, but did not discriminate between the odors of receptive and non-receptive females. Similar results were obtained when a pair of unfamiliar anaesthetized conspecifics were presented in a neutral arena (supine test) to sexually naive and experienced male hamsters. Experienced males direct significantly more mounts to anaesthetized females than did sexually inexperienced males.