The mating system of the prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster: Field and laboratory evidence for pair-bonding

1981 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lowell L. Getz ◽  
C. Sue Carter ◽  
Leah Gavish
Keyword(s):  
Mating System ◽  
Prairie Vole ◽  
Microtus Ochrogaster ◽  
Pair Bonding ◽  
Laboratory Evidence

Social Organization and Mating System of the Prairie Vole, Microtus Ochrogaster

1990 ◽  
pp. 69-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lowell L. Getz ◽  
Betty McGuire ◽  
Joyce Hofmann ◽  
Theresa Pizzuto ◽  
Barbara Frase
Keyword(s):  
Mating System ◽  
Social Organization ◽  
Prairie Vole ◽  
Microtus Ochrogaster

scholarly journals Mating System and Population Fluctuations of the Prairie Vole,Microtus ochrogaster

1987 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 909-920 ◽  
Author(s):  
LOWELL L. GETZ ◽  
JOYCE E. HOFMANN ◽  
CAROL S. CARTER
Keyword(s):  
Mating System ◽  
Prairie Vole ◽  
Microtus Ochrogaster ◽  
Population Fluctuations

Parental care and mating system of the prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster

1979 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanette A. Thomas ◽  
Elmer C. Birney
Keyword(s):  
Parental Care ◽  
Mating System ◽  
Prairie Vole ◽  
Microtus Ochrogaster

scholarly journals Neural correlates of mating system diversity: oxytocin and vasopressin receptor distributions in monogamous and non-monogamous Eulemur

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas M. Grebe ◽  
Annika Sharma ◽  
Sara M. Freeman ◽  
Michelle C. Palumbo ◽  
Heather B. Patisaul ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mating System ◽  
Interspecific Variation ◽  
Neural Correlates ◽  
Primate Research ◽  
Pair Bonding ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Neuropeptide Receptors ◽  
Monogamous Species ◽  
Vasopressin 1A Receptor ◽  
Rare Opportunity

AbstractContemporary theory that emphasizes the roles of oxytocin and vasopressin in mammalian sociality has been shaped by seminal vole research that revealed interspecific variation in neuroendocrine circuitry by mating system. However, substantial challenges exist in interpreting and translating these rodent findings to other mammalian groups, including humans, making research on nonhuman primates crucial. Both monogamous and non-monogamous species exist within Eulemur, a genus of strepsirrhine primate, offering a rare opportunity to broaden a comparative perspective on oxytocin and vasopressin neurocircuitry with increased evolutionary relevance to humans. We performed oxytocin and arginine vasopressin 1a receptor autoradiography on 12 Eulemur brains from seven closely related species to (1) characterize receptor distributions across the genus, and (2) examine differences between monogamous and non-monogamous species in regions part of putative “pair-bonding circuits”. We find some binding patterns across Eulemur reminiscent of olfactory-guided rodents, but others congruent with more visually oriented anthropoids, consistent with lemurs occupying an ‘intermediary’ evolutionary niche between haplorhine primates and other mammalian groups. We find little evidence of a “pair-bonding circuit” in Eulemur akin to those proposed in previous rodent or primate research. Mapping neuropeptide receptors in these nontraditional species questions existing assumptions and informs proposed evolutionary explanations about the biological bases of monogamy.

Nitrogen Requirements of the Adult Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster)

1998 ◽  
Vol 140 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen S. Ditchkoff ◽  
Chad S. Boyd ◽  
Edgar R. Welch ◽  
Joshua B. Raglin ◽  
Robert L. Lochmiller
Keyword(s):  
Prairie Vole ◽  
Microtus Ochrogaster

scholarly journals EFFECTS OF FEMALE IMMIGRANTS ON DEMOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF PRAIRIE VOLE (MICROTUS OCHROGASTER) POPULATIONS

2004 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 781-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Kirk Lin ◽  
Loren D. Hayes ◽  
Nancy G. Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Social Organization ◽  
Prairie Vole ◽  
Microtus Ochrogaster ◽  
Female Immigrants

Sex and species differences in plasma oxytocin using an enzyme immunoassay

2004 ◽  
Vol 82 (8) ◽  
pp. 1194-1200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin M Kramer ◽  
Bruce S Cushing ◽  
C Sue Carter ◽  
Julie Wu ◽  
Mary Ann Ottinger
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Immunoassay ◽  
Species Differences ◽  
Social Bonds ◽  
Prairie Vole ◽  
Microtus Ochrogaster ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
As Species ◽  
Neuropeptide Hormone ◽  
And Gender ◽  
And Behavior

The neuropeptide hormone oxytocin (OT) is released peripherally and centrally and has been implicated in both physiology and behavior, especially sociosexual behaviors. Knowledge of OT levels in blood or other sources would be useful but these are rarely reported. Radioimmunoassay following extraction is the most commonly used method for measuring OT but is not ideal for use in small mammals in which blood volumes and concentrations of OT are low. Here we report a chemical and biological validation for a commercially available enzyme immunoassay for OT in unextracted plasma. In addition, comparisons of OT were made across species to allow comparison of the monogamous prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster (Wagner, 1842)) to the polygynous Sprague Dawley rat. These species were chosen because OT plays a role in the formation of social bonds and we predicted that the highly social prairie vole would have higher plasma OT than the less social rat. Results of this comparison confirmed our hypothesis. Further, OT was significantly higher in females than in males in both species. Our results indicate that this enzyme immunoassay can be used to assay plasma OT in rodents and that the predicted correlations exist between plasma OT and gender as well as species-typical social behavior.

Microtus ochrogaster (Prairie vole)

1971 ◽  
pp. 113-115
Author(s):  
T. C. Hsu ◽  
Kurt Benirschke
Keyword(s):  
Prairie Vole ◽  
Microtus Ochrogaster
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