Fig. 2. Partner preference data (Behavioral Test 1). In Behavioral Test 1, experimental females were exposed to perinatal treatments and stimulus females or males were anesthetized. 2A) FT females and MC males spent more time with the stimulus anesthetized estrous female than the FC females did. 2B) FT females and MC males spent less time with the stimulus anesthetized intact male than did FC females. 2C) There was no difference in time spent in their own chamber for FC females, FT females, and MC males. 2D) FT females and MC males showed a higher preference score than that of FC females in the partner preference tests. Preference score is calculated as time spent with stimulus female minus the time spent with stimulus male. *: Significantly different from control group, P <0.05; **: Significantly different from control group, P <0.01.

Published as part of He, Feng-Qin, Yu, Bing, Xiang, Quan-Li, Cheng, Xiao-Xia & Wang, Zi-Jian, 2019, Estradiol Treatment during Perinatal Development Alters Adult Partner Preference, Mating Behavior and Estrogen Receptors α and β in the Female Mandarin Vole (Microtus mandarinus), pp. 141-149 in Zoological Studies 58 (41) on page 7, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2019.58-41, http://zenodo.org/record/12821540