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Table 4 Comparison of the time investigation of odors of con- and heterospecific estrus females by non-fostered and fostered males

From: Effect of early experience on neuronal and behavioral responses to con- and heterospecific odors in closely related Mus taxa: epigenetic contribution in formation of precopulatory isolation

Recipients of the odors

Donors of the odors

Time of the odor investigation (average, min – max)

Mann-Whitney U Test

P

Test statistic (U)

spicilegus – spicilegusw

spicilegus

15.7; 0.8–32.8

7.8; 2.3–12.2

0.0075

62

wagneri – wagnerisp

wagneri

9.1; 1.3–23.1

8.6; 0.9–21.2

0.8773

43

spicilegus – spicilegusw

wagneri

2.0; 0.3–6.1

7.9; 3.8–16

0.0000

9

wagneri – wagnerisp

spicilegus

3.3; 0.9–7.4

6.8; 2.9–11.2

0.0186

16

  1. See Table 1. Significant values are underlined