title: Olfactory discrimination of urinary odortypes from congenic strains (DBA/1Bg and DBA1.C57BL10-YBg) of mice differing in their Y chromosomes.
abstract: Differential effects of one or more genes in the nonpseudoautosomal region of the DBA1 and C57BL10 Y chromosomes on offensive attack may be mediated, at least in part, by differential effects of this Y chromosomal gene(s) on the sending and receiving of discriminable urinary odortypes. This hypothesis is based, in part, on the report that urine from a pair of Y chromosomal congenic strains (C57BL6.AKR-Y and C57BL6) of mice can be discriminated in a Y maze test. The AKR and C57BL6 Y chromosomes come from two distinct species of mouse (Mus domesticus and Mus musculus, respectively). Thus, this Y chromosomal variant exists between mouse species. The DBA1 and C57BL10 Y chromosomes come from a single species, Mus musculus. Here we show that in the Y maze system previously used, urine from mice with the DBA1 and with the C57BL10 Y chromosomes can also be discriminated. Thus, there are discriminable urinary odortypes for this pair of Y chromosomes from the same species, Mus musculus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269-4154.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Monahan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Beauchamp
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Maxson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D010641:Phenotype; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000652:urine*; D012903:Smell / Q000235:genetics*; D014998:Y Chromosome
chemical_list: D012724:Sex Attractants