Evolution of the mammalian baculum

哺乳动物阴茎骨的进化

• 批准号: DP170101315
• 负责人: Prof Leigh Simmons
• 金额: $ 18.26万
• 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: 2017
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP170101315
• 关键词: Evolution; mammalian; baculum

This project aims to test the hypothesis that the shape of the mammalian baculum (penis bone) evolved via its stimulatory effects on females that promote reproduction. The baculum is the most morphologically divergent bone in the mammalian body. The reason for this divergence is one of the most puzzling enigmas of mammalian morphology. This project will use comparative evolutionary methods, quantitative genetics, morphometrics, behavioural analysis and techniques from neurobiology and physiology to test this hypothesis. This project aims to address fundamental questions in reproductive biology.

本项目旨在验证哺乳动物阴茎骨（阴茎骨）的形状是通过其对促进生殖的雌性的刺激作用而进化的假设。杆状骨是哺乳动物身体中形态上最不同的骨。这种差异的原因是哺乳动物形态学中最令人困惑的谜团之一。该项目将使用比较进化方法，定量遗传学，形态测量学，行为分析和神经生物学和生理学技术来验证这一假设。该项目旨在解决生殖生物学中的基本问题。