ISSN:
1573-1561
Keywords:
Multimammate mice
;
Mastomys coucha
;
Mastomys natalensis
;
dynamic solvent effect
;
capillary chromatography
;
odor, 3-nonen-2-one
;
speciation
;
cryptic species
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract Whole-body volatiles from males of the cryptic multimammate mouse speciesMastomys natalensis andM. coucha were analyzed by dynamic solvent effect sampling and capillary gas chromatography. One compound, 3-nonene-2-one, was always present, sometimes as the major component, in volatiles fromM. coucha and absent, or present only at low levels, in volatiles fromM. natalensis. The mean ±SD of the 3-nonen-2-one peak area forM. coucha was 8599 ±9630 and forM. natalensis 148 ±486. Chromatographic analysis was more reliable in identifying a male's species than were a female's in a two-choice olfactorium.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00988077
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