Abstract:
:Females must evaluate male quality to perform mate choice. Since females generally base their selection on different male features, individual females may differ in their choice. In this study, we show that concordance between females in mate choice decisions may arise without any experimental maximization of a particular attractive trait. Choice tests were performed in mound-building mice, Mus spicilegus, a monogamous species. Body odours of two male donors were presented to 12 female subjects individually. To determine female choice, the same pair of males was presented three times to a female. Four different pairs of male body odours were used. Male donors, not related to females, were selected at random in our polymorphic breeding stock. Using this two-way choice design, female mice displayed a clear choice and had a similar preference for particular males.
journal_name
C R Bioljournal_title
Comptes rendus biologiesauthors
Beigneux E,Féron C,Gouat Pdoi
10.1016/j.crvi.2012.01.004subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-03-01 00:00:00pages
220-5issue
3eissn
1631-0691issn
1768-3238pii
S1631-0691(12)00005-4journal_volume
335pub_type
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