Marking urine and preputial gland secretion of male bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus L.) chemical analyses and behavioral tests

Autor:	Carita Brinck, Inge Hoffmeyer
Rok vydání:	1984
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Preputial gland General Medicine Urine Biology biology.organism_classification Biochemistry Bank vole Endocrinology Behavioral test Sexual behavior Internal medicine medicine Secretion Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Clethrionomys glareolus
Zdroj:	Journal of Chemical Ecology. 10:1295-1307
ISSN:	1573-1561 0098-0331
DOI:	10.1007/bf00988112
Popis:	Urine and preputial gland secretion of male bank voles were analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and mass spectrometry (MS) (selected ion monitoring, SIM). GC-MS analyses showed the presence of hexadecyl acetate in preputial gland secretion and in marking urine but not in metabolic urine. Female bank voles responded more strongly to marking urine of males than to metabolic urine, and they responded more to preputial gland secretion (pure or added to urine) than to metabolic urine. Dominant males spent more time and marked more frequently in response to hexadecyl acetate-enriched urine than to urine alone. The opposite reaction was shown by subordinate males. The results suggest that the acetate functions in the bank voles' dominance interactions.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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