Acta Biologica Hungarica
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Volume 54: Issue 3-4
Size of the vomeronasal organ in wild microtus with different mating strategies
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Lisette M. Maico Rehab Department, School of Physical Therapy, Slippery Rock University Southland, Norwalk, CA 90650, USA, Slippery Rock, PA 16057, USA

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Annie M. Burrows Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Physical Therapy, Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA

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M. P. Mooney Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Oral Medicine and Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA

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M. I. Siegel Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA

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K. P. Bhatnagar Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville, Section of Mammals, Carnegie Museum of Natural History School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40292, USA, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA (affiliated)

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T. D. Smith School of Physical Therapy, Slippery Rock University, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, Section of Mammals, Carnegie Museum of Natural History Slippery Rock, PA 16057, USA, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA (affiliated)

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263–274
Online Publication Date:
22 Jul 2005
Publication Date:
01 Dec 2003
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/abiol.54.2003.3-4.5
Keywords:
Mate selectivity; Mate selectivity; Mate selectivity; vomeronasal neuroepithelium; chemosensory
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Most studies on mammalian vomeronasal organ (VNO) have been on laboratory-bred animals. Our present study examines the VNO in wild-caught meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus; n=16) and prairie voles (M. ochrogaster; n=15). These species vary in their mating strategies and degree of parental care by males. M. ochrogaster exhibits pair bonding and more paternal care compared to M. pennsylvanicus, a promiscuous species. We hypothesize that sexual dimorphism will occur in the promiscuous species based on previous studies which suggest that those who exhibit more aggressive or masculine behavior have larger VNOs. Our results support our original finding that VNOs are not different in size in wild Microtus spp. that vary in male parental tendencies. However, the present study also indicates that M. pennsylvanicus, the species exhibiting more disparate parental tendencies, exhibited larger VNOs in females than males. This is the reverse of previous findings on rats, and we hypothesize that this difference may be due to mate selectivity and/or maternal aggression.

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