The water vole Arvicola terrestris (= Arvicola amphibious L.) is endemic in Europe where its outbreak generates severe economic losses for farmers. Our project aimed at deciphering the modalities of chemical communication in this species, to develop new sustainable methods for populations control. T...
The work was initiated to characterize the testicular gene expression profile of winter and summer males to better understand the physiological changes of these seasonnal breeders. It revealed that a subpopulation of males did not have a seasonnal behavior and were active during the winter, however ...