Ultrasonic vocalizations in house mice depend upon genetic relatedness of mating partners and correlate with subsequent reproductive success.
Doris NicolakisMaria Adelaide MarconiSarah M ZalaDustin J PennPublished in: Frontiers in zoology (2020)
Our study provides evidence that house mice modulate the emission of courtship USVs depending upon the kinship of potential mating partners, and that courtship USVs correlate with reproductive success.