根田鼠母体捕食应激对其雄性子代性行为去雄性化的效应3.PDF

动物学报 　50 (4) :675 - 680 , 2004 A cta Zoologica S inica 　　　　　 　 根田鼠母体捕食应激对其雄性子代性行为去雄性 化的效应 1 ,2 3 1 边疆晖 　吴　雁 　刘季科 1 浙江大学生命科学学院 , 杭州 310012 2 中国科学院西北高原生物研究所, 西宁 810001 3 杭州师范学院 , 杭州 310012 Effects of maternal stress induced by predation during pregnancy on demasculinization of sexual behavior for male off spring in root voles Microtus oeconomus BIAN JiangHui1 ,2 , WU Yan3 , L IU JiKe1 1 College of Life Science , Zhejian g University , Hangzhou 　310012 , China 2 Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology , The Chinese Academy of Sciences , Xining 　810001 , China 3 Hangzhou Teachers Colloge , Hangzhou 　310012 , China Abstract 　This study investigated the effect of predationinduced stress during pregnancy on demasculinization of sexual behavior for male offspring in root voles Microtus oeconom us . Male offspring were randomly assigned to four groups. Two groups were stressed by predation and restricted food , respectively , in the prenatal period. One group was stressed by pre dation after weaning. The remaining was the control group. During adulthood , male offspring were tested for sexual be havior and anogential distance. The results showed that prenatal stress with predation induced a major impairment of male sexual behavior and anogential distance. The group with restricted food displayed a minor impairment in male sexual be havior and anogential distance. The weaning stress showed no marked differences in male sexual behavior and anogential distance when compared to controls. These results demonstrated that predationinduced prenatal stress , together with the stress with res