Abstract

The role of sociosexual context on communicatory exchanges between house mice was examined in groups of animals maintained in seminatural enclosures. Communicatory sequences were broken down into two-act transitions and were analyzed according to the sex and social status of sender and receiver. A binomial analysis of significant transitions indicated the sociosexual context significantly altered the directive and/or inhibitive properties of a given initial behavior. The results of this study reemphasize the importance of context in communicatory processes of animals and stress the need for further investigation in this area.

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