Female regulation and choice in the copulatory behavior of montane voles (Microtus montanus).

Webster, Daniel G.; Williams, Myles H.; Dewsbury, Donald A.

doi:10.1037/h0077904

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“…Females of rodent species with multiple intromissions often prefer a slower pace of copulation than is imposed under male control (e.g. McClintock & Adler, 1978;Gilman et al, 1979;Erskine & Baum, 1982;Fadem & Barfield, 1982;Webster et al, 1982;Huck & Lisk, 1985;Martinez & Paredes, 2001). Results of our analyses provide the first comparative evidence that males are selected to increase the pace of copulation in response to increasing sperm competition level.…”

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confidence: 80%

“…McClintock & Adler, 1978; Gilman et al. , 1979; Erskine & Baum, 1982; Fadem & Barfield, 1982; Webster et al. , 1982; Huck & Lisk, 1985; Martinez & Paredes, 2001).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although copulatory stimulation is often required by females for normal sexual function, experimental studies of both domestic and wild rodents in laboratory and semi-natural environments suggest that males do not always copulate as if aiming to stimulate females at an optimal pace to initiate pregnancy (e.g. McClintock & Adler, 1978;Gilman et al, 1979;Erskine & Baum, 1982;Fadem & Barfield, 1982;Webster et al, 1982;Huck & Lisk, 1985;Martinez & Paredes, 2001). Sex differences in preferred copulatory pace are particularly well documented for the Norway rat Rattus norvegicus.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Sperm competition and diversity in rodent copulatory behaviour

Stockley

Preston

2004

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

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The copulatory behaviour of male mammals is characterized by striking diversity in patterns of copulatory stimulation and ejaculation frequency. We conducted comparative analyses of rodents to investigate the potential influence of sperm competition in the evolution of copulatory behaviour. We found that increasing sperm competition is associated with faster rates of stimulation and earlier ejaculation among species in which males perform multiple intromissions prior to ejaculation, but with no overall change in the number of intromissions per ejaculation. Increasing sperm competition is also associated with a higher frequency of repeated ejaculations with the same female, and with shorter refractory periods between repeated copulations. Increasing sperm competition level thus appears to select for male ability to ejaculate more rapidly and more frequently with each female mated. As prolonged copulations are known to reduce female remating rates, these findings indicate that males may experience opposing selection pressures on copulatory behaviour with respect to offensive and defensive aspects of sperm competition. We conclude that sperm competition is likely to be an important selection pressure explaining diversity in mammalian copulatory behaviour.

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Section: Sperm Competition and Pace Of Copulationmentioning

confidence: 80%

“…McClintock & Adler, 1978; Gilman et al. , 1979; Erskine & Baum, 1982; Fadem & Barfield, 1982; Webster et al. , 1982; Huck & Lisk, 1985; Martinez & Paredes, 2001).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Sperm competition and diversity in rodent copulatory behaviour

Stockley

Preston

2004

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

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“…The stimulus animal that was defined as the "stranger" had not previously encountered the experimental animal, but was otherwise matched to the partner in terms of age, size, and reproductive status. Tethering, which restricts each stimulus animal's movements to its own chamber, has been used in many experiments assessing social and reproductive behavior, and is reported to cause minimal disturbance to the experimental and stimulus animals (Webster et al 1982). The 3-h preference tests were monitored using time-lapse videotaping with a 12: 1 temporal reduction and scored by an experimentally uninformed observer for the following: (i) duration of physical contact between the experimental subject and stimulus animals, (ii) general activity of experimental animals, measured as the frequency of entry into the neutral cage, and (iii) frequency of agonistic behavior displayed by the experimental animal, including the incidence of threats, attacks, or fights.…”

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Familiarity and gender influence social preferences in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

DeVries¹,

Johnson²,

Carter³

1997

Can. J. Zool.

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The physiological mechanisms influencing group cohesion and social preferences are largely unstudied in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). In nature, prairie vole family groups usually consist of an adult male and female breeding pair, one or more litters of their offspring, and occasionally unrelated adults. Pair bonds, defined by heterosexual preferences, develop in male and female prairie voles following cohabitation or mating. However, social preferences between members of the same sex also may be important to the maintenance of communal groups. In the present study we compared the development of social preferences for conspecific strangers of the same sex versus preferences for the opposite sex, and examined the effect of the gonadal status of the stimulus animal on initial social preference. The present study revealed that reproductively naive males, but not females, showed initial preferences for partners of the opposite sex. In both sexes preferences for the opposite sex were not influenced by the presence or absence of gonadal hormones. Heterosexual and same-sex preferences for a familiar individual formed following 24 h of nonsexual cohabitation in both males and females. Male and female same-sex preferences, however, were no longer stable when the stranger in the preference test was of the opposite sex to the experimental animal. The development of same-sex preferences may help to maintain group cohesion, but same-sex preferences formed by cohabitation do not withstand the challenge of an opposite-sex stranger.

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“…A wooden barrier in the central compartment was used to isolate the three compartments by blocking the runway tubes. The stimulus voles were tethered in the choice compartments by disposable nylon collars, which were connected to a horizontal chain suspended above the top of end compartment (see details in Webster et al 1982), and they could move freely within the choice compartment but not outside. The nylon collar, not stress mask, was used only once.…”

Section: Apparatusmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of kinship on social behaviors in Brandt's voles ( Microtus brandti )

Sun

Fang

2004

Journal of Ethology

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The roles of kinship in agonistic behavior and mate choice were evaluated in Brandt's voles (Microtus brandti). In chambers bedded with familiar or unfamiliar substrates, the aggressive behavior and social investigation towards adult unfamiliar same-sex siblings and non-siblings were examined, and no significant kin bias was found. Males sniffed and followed unfamiliar unrelated females significantly more than unfamiliar sibling sisters, but males did not show significant preferences in copulatory behavior and agonistic behavior. Females spent significantly more time copulating with unfamiliar unrelated males than with their unfamiliar sibling brothers, while they did not show a significant preference in social investigation between them. Our study shows that kinship might play a role in the inbreeding avoidance based on preweaning familiarity or/ and phenotype matching, but the role of kinship in agonistic behavior remains unclear.

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Female regulation and choice in the copulatory behavior of montane voles (Microtus montanus).

Cited by 27 publications

References 34 publications

Sperm competition and diversity in rodent copulatory behaviour

Sperm competition and diversity in rodent copulatory behaviour

Familiarity and gender influence social preferences in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

Effect of kinship on social behaviors in Brandt's voles ( Microtus brandti )

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