Mating of captive thirteen-lined ground squirrels and the annual timing of estrus
dc.contributor.author | Landau, I. Theodore | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Holmes, Warren G. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-04-07T20:07:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-04-07T20:07:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1988-12 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Landau, I. Theodore, Holmes, Warren G. (1988/12)."Mating of captive thirteen-lined ground squirrels and the annual timing of estrus." Hormones and Behavior 22(4): 474-487. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/27048> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WGC-4D6YVYG-10/2/03ad39f14893276eed25d5977b2c2364 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/27048 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=3235064&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Thirteen-lined ground squirrels (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) have a single annual mating season in Michigan, beginning shortly after their spring emergence from hibernation. Captive females were studied during a 3-year period to determine relations among time of removal from the coldroom, vaginal estrus, and mating behavior. Following a 7-month period females spent in a coldroom, vaginal lavages were taken daily to monitor changes in estrous condition. Females removed from the coldroom about when free-living animals emerge from hibernation were in vaginal estrus within 24-48 hr and had an initial period of persistent estrus (ca. 3 weeks), followed by briefer (< 1 week) and more sporadic estrous periods. Females left in the coldroom 3 weeks longer than normal had significantly briefer initial periods of vaginal estrus after being removed from the coldroom. Similarly, virgin Yearlings and virgin 2-Year-Olds had significantly briefer initial periods of estrus than nonvirgin Adults ([ges] 2 years old). In 1985, eight of eight females paired with males mated within the first week after removal from the coldroom and subsequently produced litters. Mated females remained in vaginal diestrus from within a few days of mating until after parturition. In contrast, unmated females remained in prolonged vaginal estrus during this period. Females first paired with males 3 weeks after being taken from the coldroom failed to mate. In 1986, five of six females first paired with males 2 weeks after being removed from the coldroom similarly failed to mate. However, five of six females did mate that were removed from the coldroom 10 days after those in the previously described group and paired with a male 4 days after removal. This first report of reliable mating behavior in captive thirteen-lined ground squirrels should facilitate subsequent analysis of reproductive patterns in this species. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
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dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.title | Mating of captive thirteen-lined ground squirrels and the annual timing of estrus | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Public Health | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Internal Medicine and Specialties | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Biological Chemistry | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Psychology Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Psychology Department, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan 48309, USA | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 3235064 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/27048/1/0000037.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0018-506X(88)90052-9 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Hormones and Behavior | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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