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Behav Ecol Sociobiol. 2013;67:1961-1970. doi: 10.1007/s00265-013-1604-8. Epub 2013 Aug 09.

Why do female mice mate with multiple males?.

Behavioral ecology and sociobiology

Kerstin E Thonhauser, Shirley Raveh, Attila Hettyey, Helmut Beissmann, Dustin J Penn

Affiliations

  1. Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Savoyenstraße 1a, 1160 Vienna, Austria.

PMID: 24273373 PMCID: PMC3827896 DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1604-8

Abstract

Females often show multi-male mating (MMM), but the adaptive functions are unclear. We tested whether female house mice (

Keywords: Infanticide avoidance; Male quality; Multiple mating; Polyandry; Scent marking; Sexual conflict

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