Dissertation Research: Hormonal Mediation of Behavior

论文研究：行为的荷尔蒙调节

• 批准号: 9222701
• 金额: $ 0.36万
• 依托单位: Duke University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-05-01 至 1994-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9222701&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Hormonal; Mediation; Behavior

Ms. Ann S. Oliver's dissertation research is a comparative field study of behavioral endocrinology in two species of fish that are simultaneous hermaphrodites. Spawning behavior depends upon size in one species, which is serially monogamous, and upon social status in the other species, which is permanently monogamous. The objective of this project is to complete hormone analysis necessary to test three hypotheses about the relationships between behaviors and the absolute levels and relative concentrations of circulating steroid hormones. Comparison of hormonal correlates of behavior in two species will allow generalizations about the influence of steroid hormones on hermaphrodite mating behavior. Analysis of the relationship among aggression, androgens, and size or social status will clarify the complex interaction of social and physiological factors regulating hermaphrodite mating systems. Timing and duration of hormone surges will be compared between species to examine physiological influences on the daily pattern of egg maturation and time of spawning. Ms. Oliver's physiological data will provide the basis for future hormone manipulations critical for testing theoretical concepts about the evolution and maintenance of hermaphroditism as a stable reproductive strategy.

Ann S. Oliver女士的论文研究是对两种同时雌雄同体的鱼类行为内分泌学的比较现场研究。 产卵行为取决于一种物种的大小，该物种是一夫一妻制的，并且是在其他物种中的社会地位，这是永久一夫一妻。 该项目的目的是完成关于行为与循环类固醇激素的绝对水平与相对浓度之间关系的三个假设所必需的激素分析。 比较两个物种行为的激素相关性将允许概括类固醇激素对雌雄同体交配行为的影响。 分析侵略性，雄激素以及规模或社会地位之间的关系将阐明调节雌雄同体交配系统的社会和生理因素的复杂相互作用。 将比较物种之间的激素激素的时间和持续时间，以检查生理影响对鸡蛋成熟和产卵时间的日常影响。 奥利弗女士的生理数据将为未来的激素操纵提供基础，这对于测试有关雌雄同体的演变和维持的理论概念至关重要，作为稳定的生殖策略。