Stimulation of the mammalian reproductive system by olfactory pathways

通过嗅觉途径刺激哺乳动物生殖系统

• 批准号: DP0558952
• 负责人: Prof Graeme Martin
• 金额: $ 20.78万
• 依托单位: The University of Western Australia
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2005-06-22 至 2008-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0558952
• 关键词: Stimulation; mammalian; reproductive; system; olfactory

This project answers fundamental questions about mammalian reproductive biology but, because we work with the sheep model, our findings can be applied to two of Australia's biggest export industries, wool and sheepmeat. Understanding the reproductive responses of our production animals to exteroceptive factors such as socio-sexual signals, photoperiod and nutrition is an important first step towards refining the management of breeding programs. It has been argued that this approach will also minimise, and perhaps even remove the need for, exogenous hormones and drugs for controlling the reproductive process.

该项目回答了有关哺乳动物生殖生物学的基本问题，但是，由于我们使用绵羊模型，因此我们的研究结果可以应用于澳大利亚最大的两个出口行业：羊毛和羊肉。了解我们的生产动物对社会性信号、光周期和营养等外感受因素的生殖反应，是完善育种计划管理的重要的第一步。有人认为，这种方法还将最大限度地减少，甚至可能消除对控制生殖过程的外源激素和药物的需求。