物种繁殖策略和交配对策的变异性

Alternative Reproductive Strategies and Mating Tactics of Species

物种繁殖策略和交配对策的变异性是演化生物学研究的新兴领域。然而,在实际研究中,由于术语使用混乱和概念错误,常常导致许多结果模糊不清。通过该文,区分了繁殖策略和交配对策的概念,总结了繁殖策略变异性诸假设,阐述并比较了迄今为止繁殖策略和交配对策变异性研究的重要理论和模型,解释了不同交配对策的演化基础和激素调节机理,并在此基础上提出当前物种繁殖策略和交配对策变异性研究的热点问题。

The study of alternative mating strategies and tactics is an active area of research in evolutionary biology. How- ever, inconsistent terminology and its misapplication have inhibited the development of new theories attempting to explain re- productive behavioral variations within sexes. This review clarifies conceptual differences between reproductive strategies and mating tactics. More specifically, we review and contrast models/theories that explain maintenance of alternative reproduc- tive strategies and mating tactics, overview their diversity among vertebrates and invertebrates, and discuss evolutionary and physiological mechanisms underlying this diversity. We concluded by providing future research directions that will be impor- tant in synthesizing our understanding of alternative mating strategies and tactics.