Genetically identical mice express alternative reproductive tactics depending on social conditions in the field

MN Zipple, CC Vogt… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In many species, establishing and maintaining a territory is critical to survival and
reproduction, and an animal's ability to do so is strongly influenced by the presence and …

Validation of a non-food or water motivated effort-based foraging task as a measure of motivational state in male mice

F Xeni, C Marangoni, MG Jackson - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2024 - nature.com
Disorders of motivation such as apathy syndrome are highly prevalent across neurological
disorders but do not yet have an agreed treatment approach. The use of translational …

Fantastic beasts and how to study them: rethinking experimental animal behavior

SS Ding, JL Fox, A Gordus, A Joshi… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Humans have been trying to understand animal behavior at least since recorded history.
Recent rapid development of new technologies has allowed us to make significant progress …

[HTML][HTML] Sex-specific competitive social feedback amplifies the role of early life contingency in male mice

MN Zipple, DC Kuo, X Meng, TM Reichard, K Guess… - bioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Contingency (or 'luck') in early life plays an important role in shaping individuals'
development. When individuals live within larger societies, social experiences may cause …

Induction of territorial behavior and dominance hierarchies in laboratory mice

D Battivelli, L Boldrini, M Jaiswal, P Patil, S Torchia… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Territorial behaviors comprise a set of coordinated actions and response patterns found
across animal species that promote the exclusive access to resources. House mice are …

Scent mark signal investment predicts fight dynamics in house mice

CH Miller, K Haxhillari, MF Hillock… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Signals mediate competitive interactions by allowing rival assessment, yet are often
energetically expensive to produce. One of the key mechanisms maintaining signal …

Publisher Correction: Female behavior drives the formation of distinct social structures in C57BL/6J versus wild-derived outbred mice in field enclosures

CC Vogt, MN Zipple, DD Sprockett, CH Miller… - BMC biology, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
• The term,'two by four'was changed to '2× 4'.• Two instances of the term 'ad libitum'were
italicised.• The sentence,'The numbers reported here are the average number of hours …