Male mice song syntax depends on socia lcontexts and influences female preferences

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Chabout, Jonathan ^a,b   Sarkar, Abhra ^c   Dunson, David B ^c   Jarvis, Erich D ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Playback; Social contexts; Song syntax; Ultrasonic vocalizations(USVs); Vocal communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING SYSTEM; MATING TYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SINGING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ULTRASONIC VOCALIZATION; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 84939800345     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00076     Document Type: Article

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