| MACHOLÁN, Miloš, Kristina DANISZOVA, Petra HAMPLOVÁ, Katerina JANOTOVA, Martin KAŠNÝ, Ondrej MIKULA, Barbora Voslajerova BIMOVA and Zuzana HIADLOVSKA. Rank-dependency of major urinary protein excretion in two house mouse subspecies. Journal of Vertebrate Biology. BRNO: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, 2024, vol. 73, Jan, p. "23046", 12 pp. ISSN 2694-7684. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.25225/jvb.23046. |
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@article{2355446,
author = {Macholán, Miloš and Daniszova, Kristina and Hamplová, Petra and Janotova, Katerina and Kašný, Martin and Mikula, Ondrej and Bimova, Barbora Voslajerova and Hiadlovska, Zuzana},
article_location = {BRNO},
article_number = {Jan},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.25225/jvb.23046},
keywords = {chemical communication; Mus musculus musculus; Mus musculus domesticus; social rank; testosterone; urine},
language = {eng},
issn = {2694-7684},
journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Biology},
title = {Rank-dependency of major urinary protein excretion in two house mouse subspecies},
url = {https://doi.org/10.25225/jvb.23046},
volume = {73},
year = {2024}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 2355446
AU - Macholán, Miloš - Daniszova, Kristina - Hamplová, Petra - Janotova, Katerina - Kašný, Martin - Mikula, Ondrej - Bimova, Barbora Voslajerova - Hiadlovska, Zuzana
PY - 2024
TI - Rank-dependency of major urinary protein excretion in two house mouse subspecies
JF - Journal of Vertebrate Biology
VL - 73
IS - Jan
SP - "23046"
EP - "23046"
PB - Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences
SN - 26947684
KW - chemical communication
KW - Mus musculus musculus
KW - Mus musculus domesticus
KW - social rank
KW - testosterone
KW - urine
UR - https://doi.org/10.25225/jvb.23046
N2 - Chemical communication is important for many social mammals. Scent-related gene clusters have undergone extraordinary expansion in some species, such as the house mouse (Mus musculus). One such family encodes major urinary proteins (MUPs). MUPs can provide recipients with complex information about the signaller and potentially serve as honest signals of social rank. In this study, we examined the development of overall MUP production in two mouse subspecies in the context of establishing their social hierarchy during the critical period between weaning and 100 days of age. We used fraternal pairs as simple social units, where dominant/subordinate ranks were naturally established between two brothers raised together, to test the hypothesis that dominant males of both taxa excrete higher amounts of MUPs in their urine than subordinates. The results were compared to data on ontogeny of steroid hormone levels gathered in the same individuals during an earlier experiment. Higher MUP levels in dominant males were only corroborated in one subspecies (domesticus), whereas musculus males revealed similar MUP quantities irrespective of rank. These results are consistent with the notion that these closely related taxa adopted different strategies for establishing social hierarchy.
ER -
MACHOLÁN, Miloš, Kristina DANISZOVA, Petra HAMPLOVÁ, Katerina JANOTOVA, Martin KAŠNÝ, Ondrej MIKULA, Barbora Voslajerova BIMOVA and Zuzana HIADLOVSKA. Rank-dependency of major urinary protein excretion in two house mouse subspecies. \textit{Journal of Vertebrate Biology}. BRNO: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, 2024, vol.~73, Jan, p.~''23046'', 12 pp. ISSN~2694-7684. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.25225/jvb.23046.
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