Freeman N C, Rosenblatt J S
Dev Psychobiol. 1978 Sep;11(5):459-68. doi: 10.1002/dev.420110509.
The specificity of maternal-home cage odors governing home orientation was tested in 8- to 11-day-old kittens. Kittens were first tested for home orientation from the adjacent corner in their own home cages and cages of other mothers with litters of the same age. The majority of kittens oriented successfully in their own cages but not in strange mothers' cages. They then lived for 48 hr in the strange mothers' cages. At the end of this time they showed no improvement in orientation in their own home cages. Moreover, after an additional 24 hr in their own home cages they showed no improvement in their own home cages. Home orientation involves 2 odor components: 1 general to different mothers and 1 specific to each mother.
在8至11日龄的小猫中测试了母体笼舍气味对归巢定向的特异性。小猫首先在自己的家笼以及其他有同龄幼崽的母亲的笼子里，从相邻角落进行归巢定向测试。大多数小猫在自己的笼子里能成功定向，但在陌生母亲的笼子里则不能。然后它们在陌生母亲的笼子里生活48小时。在这段时间结束时，它们在自己家笼中的定向能力没有改善。此外，在自己家笼中再待24小时后，它们在自己家笼中的表现也没有改善。归巢定向涉及两种气味成分：一种是不同母亲共有的，另一种是每个母亲特有的。
