Abstract
Observations on adult male mice from two inbred strains (SRH and SRL), their intercrosses, and their backcrosses provided evidence that a genetic relationship exists between two behavioral acts directed at food pellets in a novel environment: sniffing and marking. This supports the idea that these responses serve a communicative, possibly territorial, function.
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van Abeelen, J.H.F., de Vries, A.E. Genetic control of sniffing and marking responses in mice. Behav Genet 8, 219–222 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01066878
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