The Presentation Rate of Chemical Signals of the Domestic Cat Felis catus Affects the Reproductive Status of the House Mouse
| Autor: | Tatiana K. Laktionova, I. G. Kvasha, Vera V. Voznessenskaya |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0106 biological sciences
Chronic exposure Estrous cycle media_common.quotation_subject Biology biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology House mouse 010601 ecology Andrology Chemical signal Fixed time Habituation General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Felis catus Ovulation media_common |
| Zdroj: | Biology Bulletin. 45:278-283 |
| ISSN: | 1608-3059 1062-3590 |
| Popis: | The effects of the presentation rate of the domestic cat chemical L-felinine (0.05%) on the regulation of the estrous cycle in the house mouse were studied. It has been found that L-felinine has an interspecific effect and affects regulation of the estrous cycle in the house mouse. It has been observed that the effect may be diverse depending upon the mode of exposure to L-felinine. Chronic exposure of mice to the cat chemical signal resulted in an activating effect that significantly increased the ovulation rate within a fixed time interval, whereas regular intermittent exposure to L-felinine caused a significant reduction in the number of cyclic females comparing to the control group, as well as lengthening of the estrous cycle in cycling females. It has also been indicated that repeated exposure to the chemical signal in a regular intermittent mode throughout the experiment did not cause habituation in mice; on the other hand, a similar effect was weaker when exposure to L-felinine was in the spontaneous mode. |
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