Androgen mediated effects of male fetuses on the behavior of dams late in pregnancy
作者:
Mertice M. Clark,
David Crews,
Bennett G. Galef,
期刊:
Developmental Psychobiology
(WILEY Available online 1993)
卷期:
Volume 26,
issue 1
页码: 25-35
ISSN:0012-1630
年代: 1993
DOI:10.1002/dev.420260103
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractTwo correlational studies were undertaken to expolre the relationship between the sex ratio of the pups that a female Mongolian gerbil gestated and her behavior, morphology, and hormone levels late in pregnancy. In the first study, we found that the change in sex ratio between the first and second litters that a female gerbil delivered and the change in her frequency of scent marking late in her first and second pregnancies were significantly correlated. In the second study, we found significant positive correlations between both the percentage and the number of males in the litter a female delivered and (1) her plasma testosterone levels, (2) the size of her ventral gland, and (3) her frequency of scent marking, all measured late in pregnancy. Our data were entirely consistent with the hypothesis that fetal males excrete biologically significant quantities of testosterone into their dam's bloodstream and that this testosterone masculinizes both the behavior and morphology of dams late in pregnancy. © 1993 Johan Wiley&Sons, Inc
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