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Two mouse strains (C57BL/Crgl females and C3H/Crgl/2 females) were tested for alcohol preference by the use of a seven-bottle choice situation with bottles in fixed or varied sequences. The results were partially dependent upon a tendency for end-bottle preferences in the sequence. Tests using high alcohol concentrations in the test bottles (0%-30%) or water in all the test bottles confirmed the finding of a strong tendency for end-bottle preferences for these groups. Further data on water intake in five- and seven-bottle tests were obtained for male and female mice (A/J, C3HeB/FeJ, C57BL/6J), with results showing strain and sex differences in end-bottle preference. Due to these differences, the two-bottle test should normally be used in studies of the genetics of preference behavior.
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Goodrick, C.L. End bottle preferences of inbred mice during alcohol preference and fluid intake multiple-bottle test procedures. Psychon Sci 28, 185–187 (1972). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328704
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