Hello Daniel, Wednesday, March 27, 2002, 9:21:12 PM, you wrote: Rac> My bio class is studying body physiology, and currently the endocrine system. Rac> I was wondering if there has been any research into the hormonal controls Rac> and they're potential relationship in gekkonid behavior. Anyone got anything?
Here are some papers to get you started. As you can see, most of the work done on geckos and hormones has come out of Dave Crew's lab at UT-Austin. Also, check out the "Biology of the Reptilia" volume 18 on Hormones, Brain, and Behavior. It has chapters on: 1 The Interaction of Hormones, Brain, and Behavior: An Emerging Discipline in Herpetology, David Crews and Carl Gans 2 Physiological Regulation of Sexual Behavior in Female Reptiles, Joan M. Whittier and Richard R. Tokarz 3 The Physiological Basis of Sexual Behavior in Male Reptiles, Michael C. Moore and Jonathan Lindzey 4 Reptilian Pheromones, Robert T. Mason 5 Endogenous Rhythms, Herbert Underwood 6 Reptilian Coloration and Behavior, William E. Cooper, Jr., and Neil Greenberg 7 Nasal Chemical Senses in Reptiles: Structure and Function, Mimi Halpern ----------------------------------------------- Moore, Michael; Hews, Diana K; Knapp, Rosemary. 1998. Hormonal control and evolution of alternative male phenotypes: generalizations of models for sexual differentiation. AMERICAN ZOOLOGIST 38(1), February, 1998: 133-151 Rhen, Turk; Crews, David. 2001. Distribution of androgen and estrogen receptor mRNA in the brain and reproductive tissues of the leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY 437(4), September 3, 2001: 385-397. Sakata, Jon T; Coomber, Patricia; Gonzalez-Lima, F; Crews, David. 200. Functional connectivity among limbic brain areas: differential effects of incubation temperature and gonadal sex in the leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius. BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION 55(3), March, 2000: 139-151. Rhen, Turk; Sakata, Jon T; Zeller, Mark; Crews, David. 2000. Sex steroid levels across the reproductive cycle of female leopard geckos, Eublepharis macularius, from different incubation temperatures. GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY 118(2), May, 2000: 322-331 Rhen, Turk; Ross, Julie; Crews, David. 1999. Effects of testosterone on sexual behavior and morphology in adult female leopard geckos, Eublepharis macularius. HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR 36(2), October, 1999: 119-128 Crews, David; Coomber, Patricia; Baldwin, Ryan; Azad, Nilofer; Gonzalez-Lima, Francisco. 1996. Brain organization in a reptile lacking sex chromosomes: effects of gonadectomy and exogenous testosterone. HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR 30(4), December, 1996: 474-486 Flores, Deborah Lynne; Crews, David. 1995. Effect of hormonal manipulation on sociosexual behavior in adult female leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius), a species with temperature-dependent sex determination. HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR 29(4), December, 1995: 458-473 Coomber-P; Crews-D; Gonzalez-Lima-F. 1997. Independent effects of incubation temperature and gonadal sex on the volume and metabolic capacity of brain nuclei in the leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius), a lizard with temperature-dependent sex determination. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY 380(3), April 14 1997: 409-421 Flores, Deborah; Tousignant, Alan; Crews, David. 1994. Incubation temperature affects the behavior of adult leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius).PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR 55(6), June, 1994: 1067-1072 Akazome-Y; Ogasawara-O; Park-M-K; Mori-T. 1996. Highly heterologous region in the N-terminal extracellular domain of reptilian follitropin receptors. GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY 104(3), December 1996: 374-381 -- Best regards, Tony mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ########################################################################### THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. ###########################################################################
