A Novel Postcopulatory Block of Reproduction in White-Footed Mice1

Haigh, Gale R.; Cushing, Bruce S.; Bronson, F. H.

doi:10.1095/biolreprod38.3.623

Cited by 17 publications

(6 citation statements)

References 9 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…This intriguing finding is consistent with the well-documented finding in rodents, especially house mice (Mus musculus domesticus), that grouped female littermates experience delays in sexual maturation by as much as 10 or 20 days compared to females housed alone (Drickamer, 1977;Van-denbergh et al, 1972). Pubertal delays due to pheromonal cues from the conspecific female and the family group are commonplace, and were also reported in pine voles (Lepri and Vandenbergh, 1986), white-footed mice (Haigh et al, 1988), jackals (Moehlman, 1987), and marmoset monkeys (Barrett et al, 1990). In marmoset monkeys, only one dominant female within each social group typically breeds (Stevenson, 1977), and urine from the dominant female can decrease plasma LH concentrations, blocking ovulation in subordinates (Barrett et al, 1990).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Family composition and menarcheal age: Anti‐inbreeding strategies

Matchock

Susman

2006

American J Hum Biol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Family composition (e.g., the absence of a father) is associated with pubertal timing in women, although the socioendocrinology of the human primate is poorly understood. To better understand social influences on sexual maturation, retrospective data were collected on menarcheal age and family composition from a sample of approximately 1,938 participants from a college population. Absence of a biological father, the presence of half- and step-brothers, and living in an urban environment were associated with earlier menarche. The presence of sisters in the household while growing up, especially older sisters, was associated with delayed menarche. Menarcheal age was not affected by number of brothers in the household, nor was there an effect of birth order. Body weight and race were also associated with menarche. The present findings advance the literature as they are suggestive of putative human pheromones that modulate sexual maturation to promote gene survival and prevent inbreeding, as occurs in rodents and nonhuman primates.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Family composition and menarcheal age: Anti‐inbreeding strategies

Matchock

Susman

2006

American J Hum Biol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…the common marmoset (Barrett et al, 1990) and its close relatives, the saddle-back tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis (Epple and Katz, 1984) and cotton-top tamarin S. oedipus (Savage et al, 1988). However, a direct pheromonal suppression of reproduction has been identified in the subordinate male lesser mouse lemur, Microcebus murinus (Schilling et al, 1984;Schilling and Perret, 1987) and in the juvenile female white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus (Haigh et al, 1988). The range of cues that may maintain reproduc¬ tive suppression in subordinate female marmosets may reflect the enlargement of the primate neocortex.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sensory cues and the suppression of reproduction in subordinate female marmoset monkeys, Callithrix jacchus

Barrett

Abbott²,

George³

1993

Reproduction

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Subordinate female marmoset monkeys remain anovulatory and have low plasma concentrations of luteinizing hormone (LH) when maintained with their dominant females. Olfactory cues from the dominant female have been implicated in maintaining this reproductive suppression. Subordinate females that received either ablation of the vomeronasal organ (an accessory olfactory organ; n = 3), ablation of the main olfactory epithelium (n = 4), or both lesions (n = 5) did not ovulate in the following 7 weeks while housed with their dominant female. Plasma LH concentrations following either or both lesions were similar to pre-lesion concentrations. Olfactory lesions (verified by histological and behavioural trials) did not impair reproductive activity, as olfactory-lesioned dominant females underwent ovarian cycles of similar duration to intact dominant females. Lesioned subordinate females (n = 6), maintained in visual-only contact with their dominant female and group ovulated 29.1 +/- 9.3 days (mean +/- SEM) after physical separation from their dominant females; this first onset of ovulation was significantly delayed (P < 0.05) compared with intact subordinate females completely isolated from their dominant females and group (10.8 +/- 1.3 days, n = 8). Behavioural and visual cues together with olfaction all appear to play important roles in maintaining the suppression of ovulation in subordinate female marmoset monkeys.

show abstract

“…ETV is quantified as the length × width 2 , which is highly correlated with testis weight, circulating testosterone, and spermatogenesis [81–83]. VO can be used as a marker of reproductive development [84,85], and photoperiod suppression of VO is associated with low uterine and ovarian weights [86]. …”

Section: Star Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dissociation of Puberty and Adolescent Social Development in a Seasonally Breeding Species

et al. 2018

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Alongside the development of sexual characteristics and reproductive competence, adolescents undergo marked cognitive, social, and emotional development [1]. A fundamental question is whether these changes are triggered by activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis at puberty (puberty dependent) or whether they occur independently of HPG activation (puberty independent). Disentangling puberty-dependent from puberty-independent mechanisms is difficult because puberty and adolescence typically proceed concurrently. Here, we test a new approach that leverages natural adaptations of a seasonally breeding species to dissociate pubertal status from chronological age. Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) reared in a long, summer-like day length (LD) exhibit rapid pubertal development, whereas those reared in a short, winter-like day length (SD) delay puberty by several months to synchronize breeding with the following spring [2, 3]. We tested whether the SD-induced delay in puberty delays the peri-adolescent decline in juvenile social play and the rise in aggression that characterizes adolescent social development in many species [4-6] and compared the results to those obtained after prepubertal gonadectomy. Neither SD rearing nor prepubertal gonadectomy altered the age at which hamsters transitioned from play to aggression; SD-reared hamsters completed this transition prior to puberty. SD rearing and prepubertal gonadectomy, however, increased levels of play in male and female juveniles, implicating a previously unknown role for prepubertal gonadal hormones in juvenile social behavior. Levels of aggression were also impacted (decreased) in SD-reared and gonadectomized males. These data demonstrate that puberty-independent mechanisms regulate the timing of adolescent social development, while prepubertal and adult gonadal hormones modulate levels of age-appropriate social behaviors.

show abstract

A Novel Postcopulatory Block of Reproduction in White-Footed Mice1

Cited by 17 publications

References 9 publications

Family composition and menarcheal age: Anti‐inbreeding strategies

Family composition and menarcheal age: Anti‐inbreeding strategies

Sensory cues and the suppression of reproduction in subordinate female marmoset monkeys, Callithrix jacchus

Dissociation of Puberty and Adolescent Social Development in a Seasonally Breeding Species

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About