ArticleExperimental animals2020
Female C57BL/6 and BALB/c mice differently use the acoustic features of male ultrasonic vocalizations for social preferences.
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- Courtship vocalizations of male mice do not always attract females.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Ultrasonic vocalizations in laboratory mice: strain, age, and sex differences.Genes, brain, and behavior · 2022Article
- Prelimbic cortex responds to male ultrasonic vocalizations in the presence of a male pheromone in female mice.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2022Article
- Hearing, touching, and multisensory integration during mate choice.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2022Review
- Testosterone Increases the Emission of Ultrasonic Vocalizations With Different Acoustic Characteristics in Mice.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Male mice emit ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) in response to the presence of female mice and their urine. Male USVs attract females, enhancing female reproductive functions, and are thus considered as the courtship song. Previous studies have shown that female mice exhibit disassortative social preferences for male USVs. However, it remains unclear what acoustic features female mice use for the development of these preferences. To address this, we examined social preferences of female C57BL/6 and BALB/c mice using the three-chamber preference test using recorded male USVs. To dissociate the peak frequencies of these USVs from their syllable structure, we digitally manipulated the peak frequencies accordingly. We found that female mice preferred USVs that were dissimilar to those of their own strain. We also observed that, while female C57BL/6 mice were sensitive to changes in the syllable structure and the peak frequency, female BALB/c mice were sensitive to differences in the syllable structure. Our results demonstrate that female C57BL/6 and BALB/c mice differently use the acoustic features such as the peak frequency and the syllable structure for exhibiting disassortative social preferences.
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