Influence of kinship and familiarity on the social and reproductive behaviour of female mongolian gerbils

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 239-253

  Valsecchi, P ^a   Razzoli, M ^a   Choleris, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Females; Free choice test; Gerbils; Inbreeding avoidance; Kin discrimination; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

FAMILIARITY; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; KINSHIP; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036816053     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2002.9522743     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Ågren G. 1976. Social and territorial behavior in the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) under seminatural conditions. Biology of Behaviour 1: 267-285.
2. Ågren G. 1984. Incest avoidance and bonding between siblings in gerbils. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 14: 161-169.
3. Ågren G., Zhou Q. & Zhong W. 1989. Ecology and social behavior of Mongolian gerbils, Meriones unguiculatus, at Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia, China. Animal Behaviour 37: 11-27.
4. Barnard C.J. 1990. Kin recognition: problems, prospects and the evolution of discrimination system. Advances in the Study of Behavior 19: 29-81.
5. Barnard C.J. & Fitzsimons J. 1988. Kin recognition and mate choice in mice: the effects of kinship, familiarity and social interference on intersexual interaction. Animal Behaviour 36: 1078-1090.
6. Barnard C.J., Hurst J.L. & Aldhous P. 1991. Of mice and kin: the functional significance of kin bias in social behaviour. Biological Reviews 66: 379-430.
7. Boyd S.K. & Blaustein A.R. 1985. Familiarity and inbreeding avoidance in the gray-tailed vole (Microtus canicaudus). Journal of Mammalogy 66: 348-352.
8. Carter C.S., Devries A.C. & Getz L.L. 1995. Physiological substrates of mammalian monogamy: the praire vole model. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Review 19: 303-314.
9. Carter C.S., Getz L.L., Gavish L., Mcdermott J.L. & Arnold P. 1980. Male related pheromones and the activation of female reproduction in the prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Biology of Reproduction 23: 1038-1045.
10. Choleris E., Valsecchi P., Wang Y., Ferrari P., Kavaliers M. & Mainardi M. 1998. Social learning of a food preference in male and female Mongolian gerbils is facilitated by the anxiolytic, Chloradizepoxide. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behaviour 60 (2): 575-584.
11. Cushing B.C. & Cawthorne J.M. 1996. Species differences in activity patterns during oestrous. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 473-479.
12. Daly M. 1977. Some experimental tests of the functional significance of scent marking by Gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology 91: 1082-1094.
13. Dewsbury D.A. 1982. Avoidance of incestuous breeding between siblings in two species of Peromyscus mice. Biology of Behaviour 7: 157-169.
14. Dewsbury D.A. 1990. Tests of preferences of adult deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdi) for siblings versus nonsiblings. Journal of Comparative Psychology 104: 177-182.
15. Dobson F.S., Chesser R.K., Hoogland J.L., Sugg D.W. & Foltz D.W. 1997. Do black-tailed prairie dogs minimize inbreeding? Evolution 51: 970-978.
16. Dos Santos E.M., Andreassen H.P. & Ims R.A. 1995. Differential inbreeding tolerance in two geographically distinct strains of root voles Microtus oeconomus. Ecography 18: 238-247.
17. Drickamer L.C., Gowaty P.A. & Holmes C.M. 2000. Free female mate choice in house mice affects reproductive success and offspring viability and performance. Animal Behaviour 59: 371-378.
18. Eklund A. 1997. The effect of early experience on MHC-based mate preferences in two B10.W strains of mice (Mus domesticus). Behavior Genetics 27: 223-229.
19. Galef B.G., Rudolf B., Wiskin E.E., Choleris E., Mainardi M. & Valsecchi P. 1998. Familiarity and relatedness: effects on social learning about foods by Norway rats and Mongolian gerbils. Animal Learning and Behavior 26: 448-454.
20. Gavish L., Hofmann J.I. & Getz L.L. 1984. Sibling recognition in the prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster. Animal Behaviour 32: 362-366.
21. Grafen A. 1990. Do animals really recognize kin? Animal Behaviour 39: 42-54.
22. Grau H.J. 1982. Kin recognition in white–footed deer mice (Peromyscus leucopus). Animal Behaviour 30: 497-505.
23. Halpin Z.T. & Hoffman M.D. 1987. Sibling recognition in the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus: association or phenotype matching? Animal Behaviour 35: 563-570.
24. Hamilton W.D. 1964. The genetical evolution of social behavior: I and II. Journal of Theoretical Biology 7: 1-52.
25. Hepper P.G. & Cleland J. 1999. Developmental aspects of kin recognition. Genetica 104: 199– 205.
26. Heth G., Todrank J. & Johnston R.E. 1998. Kin recognition in golden hamsters: evidence for phenotype matching. Animal Behaviour 56: 409-417.
27. Hill J.L. 1974. Peromyscus: effect of early pairing on reproduction. Science 106: 1042-1044.
28. Holmes W.G. 1986. Kin recognition by phenotype matching in female Belding’s ground squirrels. Animal Behaviour 34: 38-47.
29. Hurst J.L. & Barnard C.J. 1995. Kinship and social tolerance among female and juvenile wild house mice: kin bias but not kin discrimination. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 36: 333-342.
30. Kruczek M. 1998. Female bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) recognition: preference for the stud male. Behavioural Processes 43: 229-237.
31. Mcguire B., Pizzuto T. & Getz L.L. 1990. Potential for social interaction in a natural population of prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Canadian Journal of Zoology 68: 391-398.
32. Meagher S., Penn D.J. & Potts W.K. 2000. Male-male competition magnifies inbreeding depression in wild house mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA 97: 3324-3329.
33. Neumann K., Maak S., Stuermer I.W., Von Lengerken G. & Gattermann R. 2001. Low microsatellite variation in laboratory gerbils. Journal of Heredity 92: 71-74.
34. Nishino N. & Totsukawa K. 1996. Study on the estrous cycle in the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus). Experimental Animal 45: 283-288.
35. Paz Y., Miño G. & Tang-Martinez Z. 1999. Effects of isolation on sibling recognition in prairie voles, Microtus ochrogaster. Animal Behaviour 57: 1091-1098.
36. Porter R.J. & Wyrick M. 1979. Sibling recognition in spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus): influence of age and isolation. Animal Behaviour 27: 761-766.
37. Porter R.J., Matochik J.A. & Makin J.W. 1983. Evidence for phenotype matching in spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus). Animal Behaviour 31: 978-984.
38. Ribble D.O. & Millar J.S. 1992. Inbreeding effects among inbred and outbred laboratory colonies of Peromyscus maniculatus. Canadian Journal of Zoology 70: 820-824.
39. Rich S.T. 1968. The Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) in research. Laboratory Animal Care 18: 235-243.
40. Smale L., Pedersen J.M., Block M.L. & Zucker I. 1990. Investigation of conspecifics male odours by female prairie voles. Animal Behaviour 39: 768-774.
41. Tang-Martinez Z. 2001. The mechanisms of kin discrimination and the evolution of kin recognition in vertebrates: a critical re-evaluation. Behavioural Processes 53: 21-40.
42. Thiessen D. & Yahr P. 1977. The gerbil in behavioral investigations. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.
43. Valsecchi P., Choleris E., Moles A., Guo C. & Mainardi M. 1996. Kinship and familiarity as factors affecting social transfer of food preferences in adult Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). Journal of Comparative Psychology 3: 243-251.
44. Williams J.R., Catania K.C. & Carter C.S. 1992. Development of partner preference in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster): the role of social and sexual experience. Hormones and Behaviour 26: 339-349.