From house mouse to mouse house: the behavioural biology of free-living Mus musculus and its implications in the laboratory

By N. Latham, G. Mason. 2004

313 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Small Animals, Social Psychology

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. C. Burn
2. J. R. Lucas
3. I. A. S. Olsson
4. J. Garner
5. G. Mason
6. Elin Weber

In Small Animals

1. C. Burn
2. J. Swanson
3. R. C. Newberry
4. N. Latham
5. I. A. S. Olsson
6. J. Garner
7. E. Pajor
8. G. Mason

In Social Psychology

1. C. Burn
2. J. Swanson
3. R. C. Newberry
4. N. Latham
5. J. Garner
6. I. A. S. Olsson
7. G. Mason
8. Elin Weber

Citations in the corpus

• Maternal behaviour in Mus musculus sp.: An ethological review (2008, background): “In addition to infanticide, males may also increase their mating success through a pregnancy blocking phenomenon, also called the ‘‘Bruce effect’’ (Ostermeyer, 1983; Manning and Dawkins, 1998; Latham and Mason, 2004).”
• Environmental standardization: cure or cause of poor reproducibility in animal experiments? (2009, background): “House mice (from which laboratory mice are derived) are known for their remarkable phenotypic plasticit”
• Implications of breaking mother–young social bonds (2008, background): “Natural weaning varies between 6 months to 1 year of age in cattle, and weaning of house mice typically occurs at 3–4 weeks of age but may be delayed until as late as 5 weeks if growth has been slow, as can occur in large litters (Latham and Mason, 2004).”
• More than numbers matter: the effect of social factors on behaviour and welfare of laboratory rodents and non-human primates (2007, background): “Females may stay in 96 the colony, where they will remain subordinate to the breeding females and some will 97 never come to reproduce themselves, but may help with the rearing of other young 98 (reviewed in Latham and Mason, 2004).”
• What is it like to be a rat? Rat sensory perception and its implications for experimental design and rat welfare (2008, background): “Standard artificial lighting rarely emits UV wavelengths (e.g. Bellhorn, 1980; Latham & Mason, 2004), since human cones are insensitive to it.”
• Maternal deprivation and the development of stereotypic behaviour (2008, background): “For example, laboratory mice are typically separated from their mothers at 21 days, yet free-living mice would not naturally disperse from their parental territory until approximately 35–42 days (see Latham and Mason, 2004).”
• Some like it hot: Mouse temperature preferences in laboratory housing (2009, background): “Laboratory mice are nocturnal/crepuscular, showing a peak of activity at the start of the dark phase, a series of less marked andmore variable activity cycles during the rest of the night, and very little activity during the daylight hours (Mackintosh, 1981; Gordon et al., 1998; Latham and Mason, 20”