Do male house mice (Mus musculus) discriminate between females that differ in nutritional status?

Altmann, 1997, Mate choice and intrasexual reproductive competition: contributions that go beyond acquiring more mates, 320 Andersson, 1994 Arak, 1993, Male–male competition and mate choice in anuran amphibians, 181 Bateman, 1948, Intra-sexual selection in Drosophila, Heredity, 2, 349, 10.1038/hdy.1948.21 Beeching, 1999, Male mate preference and size-assortative pairing in the convict cichlid, J. Fish. Biol., 55, 1001, 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1999.tb00735.x Castro, 2006, Assortative mating through a mechanism of sexual selection, J. Theor. Biol., 243, 386, 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.07.003 Cheetham, 2007, The genetic basis of individual-recognition signals in the mouse, Curr. Biol., 17, 1771, 10.1016/j.cub.2007.10.007 Cooper, 1993, Monitoring of the estrous cycle in the laboratory rodent by vaginal lavage, 45 Coopersmith, 1992, Female preferences based on male quality in house mice: interaction between male-dominance rank and T-complex genotype, Ethology, 90, 1, 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1992.tb00815.x Cunningham, 1998, Sex roles and sexual selection, Anim. Behav., 56, 1311, 10.1006/anbe.1998.0953 Crespi, 1989, Causes of assortative mating in arthropods, Anim. Behav., 38, 980, 10.1016/S0003-3472(89)80138-1 Dean, 2006, The frequency of multiple paternity suggests that sperm competition is common in house mice (Mus domesticus), Mol. Ecol., 15, 4141, 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03068.x Dewsbury, 1982, Ejaculate cost and male choice, Am. Nat., 119, 601, 10.1086/283938 Drickamer, 1988, Food deprivation affects reproduction in adult female mice (Mus musculus) and age of puberty for ther female progeny, Acta. Biol. Hung., 39, 361 Drickamer, 2000, Free female mate choice in house mice affects reproductive success and offspring viability and preformance, Anim. Behav., 59, 371, 10.1006/anbe.1999.1316 Egid, 1989, The major histocompatibility complex and female mating preferences in mice, Anim. Behav., 38, 548, 10.1016/S0003-3472(89)80051-X Ehman, 2002, Female mice mate preferentially with non-parasitized males, Parasitology, 125, 461, 10.1017/S003118200200224X Eklund, 1998, Use of the MHC for mate choice in wild house mice (Mus domesticus), Genetica, 104, 245, 10.1023/A:1026417522110 Ferguson, 1986, Male preference for unmated versus mated females in two species of voles (Microtus orchogaster and M. montanus), J. Comp. Psychol., 100, 243, 10.1037/0735-7036.100.3.243 Ferkin, 1997, Attractiveness of scents varies with protein content of the diet in meadow voles, Anim. Behav., 53, 133, 10.1006/anbe.1996.0284 Firman, 2008, Polyandry, sperm competition, and reproductive success in mice, Behav. Ecol., 19, 695, 10.1093/beheco/arm158 Fisher, 2006, Female swordtail fish use chemical cues to select well-fed mates, Anim. Behav., 72, 721, 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.02.009 Gowaty, 2003, Male house mice produce fewer offspring with lower viability and poorer performance when mated with females they do not prefer, Anim. Behav., 65, 95, 10.1006/anbe.2002.2026 Gourbal, 2004, A study of mate choice in mice with experimental Taenia crassiceps cysticercosis: can males choose?, Can. J. Zool., 82, 635, 10.1139/z04-038 Kavaliers, 1993, Aversive response of female mice to the odors of parasitized males: neuromodulatory mechanisms and implications for mate choice, Ethology, 95, 202, 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1993.tb00471.x Kavaliers, 1995, Discrimination by female mice between the odours of parasitized and non-parasitized males, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. Ser. B, 261, 31, 10.1098/rspb.1995.0113 Kavaliers, 2003, Aversive and avoidance responses of female mice to the odors of males infected with an ectoparasite and the effects of prior familiarity, Behav. Ecol., 54, 423, 10.1007/s00265-003-0631-2 Kauffman, 2004, A critical role for the evolutionarily conserved gonadotropin-releasing hormone II: mediation of energy status and female sexual behavior, Endocrinology, 145, 3639, 10.1210/en.2004-0148 Krackow, 1993, The effect of weaning weight on offspring fitness in wild house mice (Mus musculus domesticus): a preliminary study, Ethology, 95, 76, 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1993.tb00458.x Kvarnemo, 1999, Variance in female quality, operational sex ratio and male mate choice in a bushcricket, Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 45, 245, 10.1007/s002650050559 Lenington, 1983, Social preferences for partners carrying ‘good genes’ in wild house mice, Anim. Behav., 31, 325, 10.1016/S0003-3472(83)80050-5 Meikle, 1986, Food availability and secondary sex ratio variation in wild and laboratory house mice (Mus musculus), J. Reprod. Fertil., 78, 587, 10.1530/jrf.0.0780587 Meikle, 1995, Premating and gestational effects of maternal nutrition on secondary sex ratio in house mice, J. Reprod. Fertil., 105, 193, 10.1530/jrf.0.1050193 Meikle, 1995, Adult male house mice born to undernourished mothers are unattractive to oestrous females, Anim. Behav., 50, 753, 10.1016/0003-3472(95)80135-9 Meikle, 2001, Social dominance rank and accessory sex glands in wild adult male house mice born to food-deprived mothers, Physiol. Behav., 72, 359, 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00420-0 Meikle, 2001, Maternal nutrition and reproduction of daughters in wild house mice (Mus musculus), Reproduction, 122, 437, 10.1530/rep.0.1220437 Ohlsson, 2003, Effects of nutrition on sexual ornaments and humoral immune responsiveness in adult male pheasants, Ethol. Ecol. Evol., 15, 31, 10.1080/08927014.2003.9522688 Parker, 1996, Parental investment and the control of sexual selection: predicting the direction of sexual competition, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. Ser. B, 263, 315, 10.1098/rspb.1996.0048 Pierce, 2005, Re-feeding and the restoration of odor attractivity, odor preference, and sexual receptivity in food-deprived female meadow voles, Physiol. Behav., 84, 553, 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.02.003 Pierce, 2005, Food-deprivation-induced changes in sexual behaviour of meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Anim. Behav., 70, 339, 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.10.024 Pierce, 2007, Food deprivation and the role of estradiol in mediating sexual behaviors in meadow voles, Physiol. Behav., 90, 353, 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.09.034 Potts, 1991, Mating patterns in seminatural populations of mice influenced by MHC genotype, Nature, 352, 619, 10.1038/352619a0 Qvarnström, 1998, Should females prefer dominant males?, Trends Ecol. Evolut., 13, 498, 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01513-4 Rissman, 1986, Nutritional and social cues influence the onset of puberty in California voles, Physiol. Behav., 36, 343, 10.1016/0031-9384(86)90027-2 Ryan, 2001, Selection for male choice based primarily on mate compatibility in the oldfield mouse, Peromyscus polionotus rhoadsi, Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 50, 436, 10.1007/s002650100385 SAS Institute Inc., 2000–2004. SAS for Windows: Release 9.1. SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, NC. Schneider, 2004, Energy balance and reproduction, Physiol. Behav., 81, 289, 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.02.007 Shapiro, 1986, Familiarity and mate choice in two species of voles (Microtus ochrogaster and Microtus montanus), Anim. Behav., 34, 90, 10.1016/0003-3472(86)90010-2 Sherborne, 2007, The genetic basis of inbreeding avoidance in house mice, Curr. Biol., 17, 2061, 10.1016/j.cub.2007.10.041 Spritzer, 2005, Female choice based on male spatial ability and aggressiveness among meadow voles, Anim. Behav., 69, 1121, 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.06.033 Taylor, 1990, Male preferences for females of different reproductive conditions: a critical review, 184 Temple, 2000, Brief refeeding restores reproductive readiness in food-restricted female musk shrews (Suncus murinus), Horm. Behav., 38, 21, 10.1006/hbeh.2000.1596 Temple, 2002, Mating behavior is controlled by acute changes in metabolic fuels, Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol., 282, R782, 10.1152/ajpregu.00383.2001 Thom, 2008, The direct assessment of genetic heterozygosity through scent in the mouse, Curr. Biol., 18, 619, 10.1016/j.cub.2008.03.056 Trivers, 1972, Parental investment and sexual selection, 136 Wade, 1992, Metabolic fuels and reproduction in female mammals, Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev., 16, 235, 10.1016/S0149-7634(05)80183-6 Wade, 1996, Control of fertility by metabolic cues, Am. J. Physiol., 270, E1 Wade, 2004, Neuroendocrinology of nutritional infertility, Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol., 287, R1277, 10.1152/ajpregu.00475.2004 Wagner, 1998, Measuring female mate preference, Anim. Behav., 55, 1029, 10.1006/anbe.1997.0635 Walkden-Brown, 1994, Effect of nutrition on seasonal patterns of LH, FSH, and testosterone concentration, testicular mass, sebaceous gland volume and odour in Australian cashmere goats, J. Reprod. Fert., 102, 351, 10.1530/jrf.0.1020351 Wauters, 1989, Body weight, longevity and reproductive success in red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris), J. Anim. Ecol., 58, 637, 10.2307/4853 Wright, 1988, Allocation of reproductive effort in Mus domesticus: responses of offspring sex ratio and quality to social density and food availability, Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 23, 357, 10.1007/BF00303709 Yakovleva, 1997, Effects of food deprivation in early pregnancy on the development of ovaries and adrenals in female progeny of the water vole (Arvicola terrestris), Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C, 116, 103 Yamazaki, 1978, Mating preferences of F2 segregants of crosses between Mhc-congenic mouse strains, Immunogenetics, 6, 253, 10.1007/BF01563915 Zar, 1999