Female fluids in post-copulatory sexual selection

交配后性选择中的雌性体液

• 批准号: DP170100840
• 负责人: Dr Clelia Gasparini
• 金额: $ 8.54万
• 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: 2017-05-01 至 2018-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP170100840
• 关键词: Female; fluids; post; copulatory; sexual

This project aims to test the causes, consequences and mechanisms of female reproductive fluids in modulating fertilisation bias in a model vertebrate species, the zebrafish. Female reproductive fluids (the fluid surrounding eggs) may moderate sperm selection by females, thus facilitating mate choice at the gamete level. This project will study interactions involving sperm and female reproductive fluid in an evolutionary framework. The intended outcome is increased knowledge of these processes, and better understanding of how non-gamete factors affect fertility, which could benefit fields as diverse as human fertility and aquaculture.

该项目旨在测试雌性生殖液调节模式脊椎动物物种斑马鱼受精偏差的原因，后果和机制。雌性生殖液（卵周围的液体）可以调节雌性对精子的选择，从而促进配子水平上的配偶选择。这个项目将在进化的框架内研究精子和女性生殖液的相互作用。预期的结果是增加对这些过程的了解，更好地了解非配子因素如何影响生育力，这可能使人类生育力和水产养殖等不同领域受益。