| First Author | Monahan E | Year | 1993 |
| Journal | Behav Genet | Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 | Pages | 251-5 |
| PubMed ID | 8352719 | Mgi Jnum | J:12848 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:61066 | Doi | 10.1007/BF01082463 |
| Citation | Monahan E, et al. (1993) Olfactory discrimination of urinary odortypes from congenic strains (DBA/1Bg and DBA1.C57BL10-YBg) of mice differing in their Y chromosomes. Behav Genet 23(3):251-5 |
| abstractText | Differential effects of one or more genes in the nonpseudoautosomal region of the DBA1 and C57BL10 Y chromosomes on offensive attack may be mediated, at least in part, by differential effects of this Y chromosomal gene(s) on the sending and receiving of discriminable urinary odortypes. This hypothesis is based, in part, on the report that urine from a pair of Y chromosomal congenic strains (C57BL6.AKR-Y and C57BL6) of mice can be discriminated in a Y maze test. The AKR and C57BL6 Y chromosomes come from two distinct species of mouse (Mus domesticus and Mus musculus, respectively). Thus, this Y chromosomal variant exists between mouse species. The DBA1 and C57BL10 Y chromosomes come from a single species, Mus musculus. Here we show that in the Y maze system previously used, urine from mice with the DBA1 and with the C57BL10 Y chromosomes can also be discriminated. Thus, there are discriminable urinary odortypes for this pair of Y chromosomes from the same species, Mus musculus. |
