摘要
Sexual evolution plays an important role in the adaptation to their environment for organisms. Sexual differentiation is the basis on which creatures exchange their genes. Furthermore, what is the extra value of sex to their struggle for life in animals? Comparison of all-female Cnemidophorus with normal ones shows some element of sex that might not be previously considered. The mechanisms responsible for sexual behaviors of those lizards are largely unique. This paper reviews the fundament basis controlling pseudocopulation of all female lizards, which concerns genetic, endocrine and expression of sex hormone receptor genes in the brain.
Sexual evolution plays an important role in the adaptation to their environment for organisms. Sexual differentiation is the basis on which creatures exchange their genes. Furthermore, what is the extra value of sex to their struggle for life in animals? Comparison of all-female Cnemidophorus with normal ones shows some element of sex that might not be previously considered. The mechanisms responsible for sexual behaviors of those lizards are largely unique. This paper reviews the fundament basis controlling pseudocopulation of all female lizards, which concerns genetic, endocrine and expression of sex hormone receptor genes in the brain.
出处
《生态学杂志》
CAS
CSCD
北大核心
2001年第2期56-60,共5页
Chinese Journal of Ecology
基金
中国科学院"九五"重大项目 !(KZ95 1-A1 -10 5 )资助
关键词
鞭尾晰
繁殖生理
单性种
性行为
Cnemidophorus ,all female species,pseudocopulation,sex hormones,sex hormone receptors.
