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Social condition influences sexual attractiveness of dominant male mice.
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This article is published in Zoological Science.The article was published on 1990-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 16 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sexual attraction & Preputial gland.read more
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Scent-marking by male mammals: Cheat-proof signals to competitors and mates
L. M. Gosling,S.C. Roberts +1 more
TL;DR: Scent-marking is a ubiquitous form of olfactory signaling in male mammals and both territorial males in resource-defense mating systems and dominant males in dominance mating systems scent-mark, and it is argued that the mechanisms are used conditionally, depending on information available and potential costs and benefits to receivers.
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Genetic similarity and quality interact in mate choice decisions by female mice
TL;DR: It is shown that although MHC dissimilarity and a 'good genes' indicator (investment in scent-marking) both have a role in determining female preference, their relative influence can vary depending on the degree of variability in each trait among available males.
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Female mate choice in mammals.
TL;DR: There is no compelling evidence that female mating preferences are less highly developed in female mammals than in female birds, although these preferences may more often be masked by the effects of male competition or of attempts by males to constrain female choice.
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Kin-preferential cooperation, dominance-dependent reproductive skew, and competition for mates in communally nesting female house mice
Alina S. Rusu,Sven Krackow +1 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that communal nursing in house mice might have evolved to ‘make the best out of a bad job’ rather than to enhance offspring fitness; and that female-female mate-competition might play an important role in shaping female social structure in this polygynous mammal.
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