Wong R, Gray-Allan P
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Behav Genet. 1992 Jan;22(1):125-34. doi: 10.1007/BF01066797.
Male and female Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) carrying three coat color alleles, agouti, sandy, and black, were tested for 15 min under three cage temperature conditions, warm (35-40 degrees C), neutral (20 degrees C), and cold (0-5 degrees C). A frequency count of scratching, face and body wash, belly/side rubs, and shaking was taken of these animals' activities during the test sessions. Sex differences were not evident but coat color and age temperature affected the belly/side rubs and shaking activities. There were also effects of cage temperature but not coat color on face/body wash and scratching. It appears that animals with these coat color variants manifest disparate patterns of COBS behavior when encountering different thermal environments.
携带三种毛色等位基因（刺豚鼠色、沙色和黑色）的雄性和雌性蒙古沙鼠（长爪沙鼠）在三种笼内温度条件下（温暖（35 - 40摄氏度）、中性（20摄氏度）和寒冷（0 - 5摄氏度））接受了15分钟的测试。在测试期间，对这些动物抓挠、洗脸和身体、摩擦腹部/侧身以及颤抖的活动进行了频率计数。性别差异不明显，但毛色和年龄温度影响了摩擦腹部/侧身和颤抖的活动。笼内温度对面部/身体清洗和抓挠也有影响，但毛色没有影响。似乎具有这些毛色变体的动物在遇到不同热环境时表现出不同的COBS行为模式。
