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Impact of male presence on female sociality and stress endocrinology in wild house mice ( Mus musculus domesticus )

Weidt, A., Gygax, L., Palme, R., Touma, C., & König, B. (2018) · Physiology & Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.02.039 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Vocal communication is seasonal in social groups of wild, free-living house mice

Jourjine, N., Goedecker, C., König, B., & Lindholm, A. K. (2025) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2025.0995 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

A meiotic driver alters sperm form and function in house mice: a possible example of spite

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Food quality influences behavioural flexibility and cognition in wild house mice

Gorshkova, E., Kyomen, S., Kaucká, M., & Guenther, A. (2024) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-024-66792-6 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Wild mice with different social network sizes vary in brain gene expression

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Dear enemy effect in the Mexican volcano mouse Neotomodon alstoni: Implications of sex in the agonistic behaviour among neighbours

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Does good food make male mice sexy? The influence of diet on male sexually selected traits

Porwal, N., Gangothri, S., Agarwal, H., & Guenther, A. (2023) · Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution · doi:10.3389/fevo.2023.1207480 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

Oxytocin administration during early pair formation delays communal nursing in female house mice

Harrison, N., Lopes, P. C., & König, B. (2016) · Animal Behaviour · doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.10.030 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

A genetic tool to manipulate litter size

Ferrari, M., Lindholm, A. K., & König, B. (2014) · Frontiers in Zoology · doi:10.1186/1742-9994-11-18 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

A selfish genetic element linked to increased lifespan impacts metabolism in female house mice

Lopes, P. C., & Lindholm, A. K. (2019) · Journal of Experimental Biology · doi:10.1242/jeb.212704 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Family dynamics reveal that female house mice preferentially breed in their maternal community

Evans, J., Lindholm, A. K., & König, B. (2021) · Behavioral Ecology · doi:10.1093/beheco/arab128 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Communal breeding affects offspring behaviours associated with a competitive social environment

Fischer, S., Pujol, N. T., Bolton, R. L., Hurst, J. L., & Stockley, P. (2018) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-018-35089-w · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Quantifying the influence of space on social group structurePreprint

Evans, J., Liechti, J. I., Silk, M. J., Bonhoeffer, S., & König, B. (2020) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2020.12.10.419317 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Condition‐Dependent Responses to Risk in a Small Mammal

López-Hervas, K., Darmis, F., & Guenther, A. (2025) · Ethology · doi:10.1111/eth.70030 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Exploring patterns of female house mouse spatial organisation among outbreaking and stable populations

de Weyer, N. V., Ruscoe, W. A., Brown, P., Henry, S., Robinson, F., Hinds, L. A., & Oh, K. P. (2024) · Ecology and Evolution · doi:10.1002/ece3.10843 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

No evidence for punishment in communally nursing female house mice (Mus musculus domesticus)

Ferrari, M., & König, B. (2017) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0179683 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

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De novo assembly of the selfish t supergene reveals a deleterious evolutionary trajectoryPreprint

Runge, J., Ullrich, K. K., & Lindholm, A. K. (2024) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2024.09.15.613113 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Environmental quality shapes the fitness payoffs of multiple paternity

Darmis, F., & Guenther, A. (2025) · BMC Ecology and Evolution · doi:10.1186/s12862-025-02478-5 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Evidence for Environment‐Specific Pace‐of‐Life Syndromes

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Dynamics of genetic and somatic trade-offs in ageing and mortality

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Sexually divergent effects of social dominance on chronic stress outcomes in micePreprint

Karamihalev, S., Brivio, E., Flachskamm, C., Stoffel, R., Schmidt, M. V., & Chen, A. (2020) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2020.02.04.933481 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Family dynamics reveal that female house mice preferentially breed in their maternal communityPreprint

Evans, J., Lindholm, A. K., & König, B. (2021) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2021.01.29.428775 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Anti-gnawing bio-polymer composites from non-toxic substances extracted from hot chili pepper

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Comparative analysis of social interactions in animal groups

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Parent-offspring inference in inbred populationsPreprint

Runge, J., König, B., Lindholm, A. K., & Bendesky, A. (2021) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2021.11.23.469656

Fitness effects of breeding strategy: implications for life history trait evolution and mouse husbandryPreprint

Garretson, A., & Dumont, B. L. (2023) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2023.02.13.526889

Countries extracted from affiliations of authors of articles published in the journals of the American Physical Society

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Temporal contact network of a free-ranging house mice population

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Towards Fully Automated Investigation of Social Learning in MicePreprint

Lang, B., Thöne‐Reineke, C., Hellwich, O., & Lewejohann, L. (2025) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2025.08.31.673387

Fetal programming: Masculinization increases daughter lifetime reproduction at high competitionPreprint

Carlitz, E. H. D., Kirschbaum, C., Lindholm, A. K., & König, B. (2025) · Research Square · doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-7435085/v1

Socio-olfactory world and food selection in the house mouse, Mus musculus domesticus

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Rang social, système dopaminergique et réponse au stress

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Food quality-driven variation in the link between innovation and survival in semi-natural populations of wild mice

Darmis, F., & Guenther, A. (2026) · Biology Letters · doi:10.1098/rsbl.2026.0281

Development of an automated approach for investigating social learning in mice

Lang, B., Thöne-Reineke, C., Hellwich, O., & Lewejohann, L. (2026) · Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1789820

Polyandry is shaped by male mating behavior in house mice living in semi-natural conditions

Darmis, F., & Guenther, A. (2026) · Behavioral Ecology · doi:10.1093/beheco/arag084

Adult hippocampal neurogenesis is age dependent and differently modulated in male and female wild house micePreprint

Carlitz, E. H. D., Lindholm, A. K., & König, B. (2026) · Research Square · doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-11346950/v1

Conflict in the communal nest: investigating female competition in house mice

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Impact of male presence on female sociality and stress endocrinology in wild house mice ( Mus musculus domesticus )

Weidt, A., Gygax, L., Palme, R., Touma, C., & König, B. (2018) · Physiology & Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.02.039 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Is female sexual behaviour a neglected topic?

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Female competition in wild house mice depends upon timing of female/male settlement and kinship between females

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Social regulation of reproduction in the female mound-builder mouse (Mus spicilegus)

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