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Aggressive behaviour of male mice (Mus musculus) towards familiar and unfamiliar opponents

Poole, T.B., Morgan, H.D.R.·1975·Animal Behaviour

Abstract

Two types of colonies of laboratory mice were employed; hierarchically organized ones formed by placing five unfamiliar 8-week-old mice in a cage together and amicably organized colonies in which four male litter mates were kept together throughout the whole period of the experiment. During a 21-day pre-experimental period intra-colony aggressive behaviour was recorded. A dominant animal and ranked subordinates occurred in every hierarchical colony, whilst no aggression was recorded in any of the amicable colonies. During a 25-day period unfamiliar adult male or female mice were introduced daily into the amicable or hierarchical colonies for 10 min. In a third experiment juvenile mice 17, 24, 31 or 38 days old were introduced into hierarchically organized colonies during a 20-day period. In all hierarchical colonies the stranger was attacked irrespective of sex and age; the majority of attacks were carried out by the dominant mouse. Aggression by the dominant declined exponentially throughout the experimental period and regression analyses compared the different data. Unfamiliar adult females were the recipients of fewer attacks than unfamiliar adult males and the age of juvenile strangers was found to be an important factor. Amicably organized mice initially did not attack strangers, but over a period of 25 days the number of attacks on unfamiliar males gradually increased.

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Authors
Poole, T. B., & Morgan, H. D. R.
Affiliations
Aberystwyth University (GB)
Venue
Animal Behaviour
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1975-05
Volume
23
Issue
2
Pages
470-479
ISSN
0003-3472 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1967716855
Cited by
57
References
24
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 1
FWCI
6.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Animal Behaviour (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
Keywords
aggression, male mice, Mus musculus, social hierarchy, dominance, familiarity, sex differences in aggression, juvenile mice
MeSH terms
Age Factors, Aggression, Animals, Hierarchy, Social, Humans, Male, Sexual Behavior, Animal, Sex Factors, Social Dominance, Social Environment, Species Specificity, Time Factors

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