A role of female preputial glands in social behavior of mice.
Female mice reared by mothers with preputial glands preferred females with preputial glands over females deprived of preputial glands (p less than 0.02). Furthermore, such females preferred odors from males with preputial glands to odors from males without such glands (p less than 0.01). Females reared by mothers without preputial glands showed greater preferences for the odor of preputialectomized males (p less than 0.02) and females (p less than 0.01) than nonpreputialectomized animals. Odors common to males and females, emanating from preputial glands of the mother apparently influence early postnatal mice and determine their preferences in later life.
D000818:Animals; D002755:Choice Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D009812:Odorants; D010675:Pheromones / Q000502:physiology*; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000502:physiology*; D012919:Social Behavior
D010675:Pheromones; D012724:Sex Attractants