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. 1976 Dec 15;32(12):1511-2.
doi: 10.1007/BF01924423.

Olfactory discrimination as an isolating mechanism in speciating mole rats

E Nevo, M Bodmer, G Heth

Olfactory discrimination as an isolating mechanism in speciating mole rats

E Nevo et al. Experientia. .

Abstract

Olfactory discrimination was tested in two chromosome forms of the speciating fossorial rodent, Spalax ehrenbergi, in Israel. Females of the chromosome forms 2n = 52 and 2n = 58 were tested for male odour discrimination, the source of odour being either case litter or urine. Estrous females of both forms preferred homochromosomal odurs, whereas diestrous females showed no discrimination. These results suggest that olfactory discrimination may serve as a reproductive isolating mechanism in the speciation of mole rats.

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