1. Are the behaviors you measured of any possible value to wild mice? Why?
2. Do you think wild mice would act the same as the domestic mice? Why or why not?
3. Do you think these behaviors are learned or genetic? Why?
The information you've provided is somewhat limited to answer these question. One rule of thumb, for me, is that if an animal performs a particular behaviour, it's doing it because it's proven to work in nature. So to answer #1, absolutely, yes. For #2, the following attachment will answer your question. Basically:
Wild-domestic rat interactions are similar to wild-wild and domestic-domestic interactions. Regardless of whether the rats are wild or domestic, resident rats, especially the dominant males, tend to attack intruders. The two asymmetries uncovered between wild and domestic rat are that wild rats display a lunging or leaping attack rarely seen in domestic males, and wild rats are faster than domestic rats. This speed difference means that wild rats may have an advantage in wild-domestic interactions: when the wild rat is the resident, he can press a more effective attack, and when the wild rat is the intruder, he can elude attack more easily.
Finally, for #3, it's
genetic.
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