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- Title
Music to Her Ears? Male Mice Sing an Ultrasonic Tune.
- Authors
Gross, Liza
- Abstract
The article presents information about the ultrasonic tune sung by the male mice. Many vocalizations are made by the mice, some of which are audible to humans, such as the distress calls of pups and some of which are not audible to humans, such as the ultrasonic calls of males presented with females or urine pheromones. Male ultrasonic calls contain complex passages with long sequences composed of diverse syllable types. Cotton swabs coated with either female mouse urine, male mouse urine or a combination of the two have been used by the author to elicit the male mouse's ultrasonic sounds.
- Subjects
MICE; ULTRASONICS; RODENTS; PHEROMONES; URINE; HORMONES
- Publication
PLoS Biology, 2005, Vol 3, Issue 12, pe420
- ISSN
1544-9173
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pbio.0030420