Doctoral Dissertation Research: Physiological mechanisms affecting non-human primate mate choice

博士论文研究：影响非人类灵长类动物择偶的生理机制

• 批准号: 1826804
• 负责人: James Higham
• 金额: $ 2.52万
• 依托单位: New York University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2020-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1826804&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Physiological; mechanisms

In many mammals, male characteristics and behaviors may limit female mate choice. Discrepancies between observed mate choice and actual paternity suggest, however, that females may exert influence over offspring paternity through physiological preference. This doctoral dissertation project will explore how genetics and physiology influence primate mate choice, generating novel data on primate reproductive physiology. The project also will provide mentorship and training in field, laboratory, bioinformatics and statistical methods for students from groups under-represented in STEM fields.This study will explore physiological mechanisms by which olive baboons may exert post-breeding mate choice. The co-PI will collect reproductive physiological data for both males and females. Social behaviors will also be recorded to investigate the concordance between pre- and post-breeding choice. This study will improve understanding of post-breeding mechanisms of choice in primates and inform the broader primate comparative context for understanding the unique suite of reproductive and morphological characteristics seen in humans.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在许多哺乳动物中，雄性的特征和行为可能会限制雌性的配偶选择。 然而，观察到的配偶选择和实际的父权之间的差异表明，女性可能会通过生理偏好对后代的父权施加影响。这个博士论文项目将探讨遗传学和生理学如何影响灵长类动物的择偶，产生灵长类动物生殖生理学的新数据。该项目还将为来自STEM领域代表性不足的群体的学生提供实地，实验室，生物信息学和统计方法的指导和培训。这项研究将探索橄榄狒狒可能在繁殖后进行配偶选择的生理机制。共同主要研究者将收集雄性和雌性的生殖生理数据。还将记录社会行为，以调查繁殖前和繁殖后选择之间的一致性。这项研究将提高对灵长类动物繁殖后的选择机制的理解，并为更广泛的灵长类动物比较背景提供信息，以了解人类的生殖和形态特征的独特套件。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。