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Observations on Fighting Behaviour of Male Mice ( Mus musculus L.)
Author(s) -
Beilharz R. G.,
Beilharz V. C.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
zeitschrift für tierpsychologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-0310
pISSN - 0044-3573
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1975.tb00903.x
Subject(s) - house mice , house mouse , biology , population , selection (genetic algorithm) , zoology , genetics , demography , sociology , artificial intelligence , computer science
Abstract Fighting behaviour of male mice was eompared in 8 wild, 2 unselected laboratory and 6 laboratory mice from a population bred from winners of fights. Behaviour was recorded when all 16 mice were allowed to fight in all possible pairs in a neutral test box, and when 5 selected mice fought in pairs in the home cages of one or the other. The occurrence of self‐grooming, tail rattle and squealing are discussed. Different occurrences of behaviour in the different strains are explained as a result of genetic selection responses.