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

1982 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 661-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel G. Webster ◽  
Myles H. Williams ◽  
Donald A. Dewsbury
Keyword(s):  
Copulatory Behavior ◽  
Microtus Montanus

Copulatory Behavior of Montane Voles (Microtus Montanus)

Behaviour ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 44 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 186-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald A. Dewsbury
Keyword(s):  
Copulatory Behavior ◽  
Microtus Montanus

scholarly journals The Possible Role of the Uropygial Gland on Mate Choice in Domestic Chicken

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsushi Hirao
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Visual Cues ◽  
Individual Recognition ◽  
Copulatory Behavior ◽  
Uropygial Gland ◽  
Odor Cues ◽  
Histocompatibility Complex ◽  
Efferent Projections ◽  
Opposite Sex

In avian mating systems, male domestic fowls are polygamous and mate with a number of selected members of the opposite sex. The factors that influence mating preference are considered to be visual cues. However, several studies have indicated that chemosensory cues also affect socio-sexual behavior, including mate choice and individual recognition. The female uropygial gland appears to provide odor for mate choice, as uropygial gland secretions are specific to individual body odor. Chicken olfactory bulbs possess efferent projections to the nucleus taeniae that are involved in copulatory behavior. From various reports, it appears that the uropygial gland has the potential to act as the source of social odor cues that dictate mate choice. In this review, evidence for the possible role of the uropygial gland on mate choice in domestic chickens is presented. However, it remains unclear whether a relationship exists between the uropygial gland and major histocompatibility complex-dependent mate choice.

scholarly journals Effects of imipramine on copulatory behavior of male rats

1973 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 237-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deirdre V. Lovecky ◽  
Donald A. Dewsbury
Keyword(s):  
Copulatory Behavior ◽  
Male Rats
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