Expression of adult female patterns of sexual behavior by male, female, and pseudohermaphroditic female rhesus monkeys
Gonadally intact pseudohermaphroditic female and normal female and neonatally castrated male rhesus monkeys were given estrogen treatment as adults and evaluated for attractivity, proceptivity, and receptivity during tests with a tethered stud male. Pseudohermaphrodites were produced by injecting th...
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Published in | Biology of reproduction Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 878 - 889 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Madison, WI
Society for the Study of Reproduction
01.11.1985
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Summary: | Gonadally intact pseudohermaphroditic female and normal female and neonatally castrated male rhesus monkeys were given estrogen
treatment as adults and evaluated for attractivity, proceptivity, and receptivity during tests with a tethered stud male.
Pseudohermaphrodites were produced by injecting their mothers during pregnancy with either testosterone propionate (TP) or
dihydrotestosterone propionate (DHTP). Castrated males had reliably lower attractivity than normal females on all indicator
responses shown by the tethered males. Additionally, castrated males showed reliably fewer proceptive responses on 4 of 5
measures than normal females. Receptivity could not be assessed in this situation for castrated males, because tethered males
never contacted them unless the castrated males were displaying presentation. No reliable differences were observed between
pseudohermaphrodites produced by prenatal treatments with TP or DHTP. Pseudohermaphrodites generally showed reliably less
attractivity and proceptivity than normal females and reliably more of these traits than castrated males. Attractivity scores
for pseudohermaphrodites were not different from those for normal females until proximity to the tethered male was established.
Receptivity was not different in pseudohermaphrodites compared with normal females. Results indicate prenatal androgenization
and its developmental sequelae lead to a defeminization in adulthood which, in this testing situation, was principally manifested
by a deficiency in the performance of proceptive behaviors. Additionally, defeminization in rhesus monkeys, unlike that demonstrated
in rodents, does not depend upon actions of an aromatizable androgen. |
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ISSN: | 0006-3363 1529-7268 |
DOI: | 10.1095/biolreprod33.4.878 |