Groups of familiar male rats form unstable partner preferences when play fighting during the juvenile period

Summary: Rats are social animals living in large groups. Within these groups, juveniles engage in vigorous rough-and-tumble play. Despite their natural ecology, most current studies of their play behavior involve pairs not groups. To investigate play under more naturalistic settings, we examined the...

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Main Authors: Jackson R. Ham, Sergio M. Pellis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-06-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004225008235
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