-transparent.png){kind=logo}
Female Mongolian gerbils scent marked more frequently in response to scent marks deposited by adult male conspecifics that, as fetuses, had resided in intrauterine positions between two male fetuses (2M males) than in response to scent marks deposited by adult male conspecifics that had resided in intrauterine positions between two females fetuses (2F males). Because 2M male gerbils are significantly more likely than are 2F male gerbils to impregnate females, and because female gerbils are able to discriminate among males after exposure to their scent marks, the ability of female gerbils to discriminate scent marks of 2M males from those of 2F males may serve as a basis for female identification of males likely to make suitable mates.
M M Clark, and
B G Galef
March 2013,
Behavioural processes,
M M Clark, and
B G Galef
May 2014,
Animal cognition,
M M Clark, and
B G Galef
November 1985,
Biology of reproduction,
M M Clark, and
B G Galef
February 2015,
Hormones and behavior,
M M Clark, and
B G Galef
June 2023,
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,
M M Clark, and
B G Galef
September 2010,
Ethology : formerly Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie,
M M Clark, and
B G Galef
June 1986,
Hormones and behavior,
M M Clark, and
B G Galef
September 1997,
Animal behaviour,
M M Clark, and
B G Galef
January 2020,
Pediatric pulmonology,
M M Clark, and
B G Galef
March 2018,
Royal Society open science,
