期刊
DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE
卷 31, 期 4, 页码 342-350出版社
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000216545
关键词
Japanese quail; Zebra finch; Social behavior; Sexual differentiation; Copulation; Sexual partner preference; Pairing
资金
- National Science Foundation
Research on the hormonal basis of sexual differentiation of mammalian behavior and its neural substrates constitutes an important chapter in the study of neural development that has led to important insights into how to conceptualize sexuality. Here research on sexual differentiation of avian social behavior is discussed with an eye toward potential insights into avian sexuality. Hormone manipulation experiments with Japanese quail ( Coturnix japonica) and zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) reveal dissociations between different components of sexual and social behavior. None of the components of the male behavioral phenotype appear to be organized by androgens. Avian sexuality arises from multiple processes and pathways that appear to differ for mating behavior, sexual partner preference, and pairing. This provides the mechanistic bases for changes in social behavior in the course of avian evolution. Copyright (C) 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel
作者
我是这篇论文的作者
点击您的名字以认领此论文并将其添加到您的个人资料中。
推荐
暂无数据