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Ultrasonic Songs of Male Mice

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  • Timothy E Holy
  • Zhongsheng Guo

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Previously it was shown that male mice, when they encounter female mice or their pheromones, emit ultrasonic vocalizations with frequencies ranging over 30–110 kHz. Here, we show that these vocalizations have the characteristics of song, consisting of several different syllable types, whose temporal sequencing includes the utterance of repeated phrases. Individual males produce songs with characteristic syllabic and temporal structure. This study provides a quantitative initial description of male mouse songs, and opens the possibility of studying song production and perception in an established genetic model organism. Vocalizations emitted by male mice when encoutering female pheromones have the characteristics of song, including temporal structure and repeated syllables.

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  • Timothy E Holy & Zhongsheng Guo, 2005. "Ultrasonic Songs of Male Mice," PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 3(12), pages 1-1, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pbio00:0030386
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030386
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    1. A Ivanenko & P Watkins & M A J van Gerven & K Hammerschmidt & B Englitz, 2020. "Classifying sex and strain from mouse ultrasonic vocalizations using deep learning," PLOS Computational Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(6), pages 1-27, June.
    2. Sarah M Zala & Doris Reitschmidt & Anton Noll & Peter Balazs & Dustin J Penn, 2017. "Sex-dependent modulation of ultrasonic vocalizations in house mice (Mus musculus musculus)," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(12), pages 1-15, December.
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    4. Gregg A Castellucci & Daniel Calbick & David McCormick, 2018. "The temporal organization of mouse ultrasonic vocalizations," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(10), pages 1-40, October.

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