Abstract
Forty male rats, living in 10 groups (N = 4 per group), with stable dominance hierarchies preferred the odor from submissive strange males over that from dominant strange males (p <.05). The response to the two odors was not significantly related to Ss’ rank in their hierarchy. Fourteen males from four unstable hierarchies (N = 3–4 per group) preferred neither odor. The data suggest the existence of a releaser pheromone associated with social dominance in rats.
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