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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Sinaliza??o crom?tica da condi??o reprodutiva de f?meas de segui comum (Callithrix jacchus) / Reproductive signaling in female common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus).

Moreira, La?s Alves Ant?nio 26 April 2013 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:37:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LaisAAM_DISSERT.pdf: 1507276 bytes, checksum: 23b9ddf330fd173132cb924ee0fb4b51 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-04-26 / As social animals, primates use different sensory modalities (acoustic, chemical, tactile and visual) to convey information about social and sexual status to conspecifics. Among these modalities, visual signals are widely used, especially color signals, since primates are the mammalian group that displays the greatest variety of colors in their skin and fur. Studies with Old World primate species suggest that hormonal variations are related to variations in the colors of individual faces and genitals. Therefore, chromatic cues can be used by conspecifics to identify the reproductive condition of an individual. To date, studies with the same approach are unknown for New World species. However, behavioral and physiological studies suggest that different New World primate species seem to perceive reproductive conditions such as the timing of female conception and gestation. Thus, in this study, our aim was to: i) identify whether there are chromatic cues on the skin of female common marmosets, (Callithrix jacchus) that indicate their reproductive condition; ii) define whether this chromatic variation can be perceived by all visual phenotypes known in this species; iii) identify if these chromatic cues can be perceived under different light intensity levels (dim, intermediate and high). For this, we selected 13 female common marmosets in four distinct reproductive conditions: pregnant female preceding parturition, postpartum mothers, noncycling and cycling females. The coloration of the skin in genital and thigh areas in females was measured using a spectrophotometer. Using mathematical models of visual perception, we calculated the values of quantum catch for each photoreceptor type known in this species, the visual opponency channels and color contrast between those body spots. Our results indicate the occurance of chromatic variations in the genital area during the weeks that precede and follow parturition, forming a U-pattern of variation perceptible to males and females in natural conditions of low and high luminosity. Furthermore, we observed distinct color patterns in the genital skin of pregnant and cycling females that indicate their reproductive conditions. Finally, we present evidence of color contrast in noncycling females that is higher than that of pregnant ones. This study suggests that there is a chromatic xii variation in the genital skin of females that can be perceived by conspecifics and that may be related to hormonal changes typical of pregnancy and the ovarian cycle / Como animais sociais, os primatas usam sinais de diferentes modalidades (ac?stico, qu?mico, t?til e visual) para transmitir informa??es sobre status social e sexual a membros da mesma esp?cie. Dentre essas modalidades, os sinais visuais s?o amplamente utilizados, especialmente os sinais de cor, uma vez que dentre os mam?feros, os primatas formam o grupo com maior variedade de cores em suas peles e pelos. Trabalhos com esp?cies de primatas do Velho Mundo sugerem que varia??es hormonais estejam relacionadas com varia??es crom?ticas vis?veis em ?reas genitais e faces de machos e f?meas. Desta forma, pistas crom?ticas podem ser usadas por coespec?ficos para identificar a condi??o reprodutiva de um indiv?duo. At? o momento, trabalhos com essa mesma abordagem em esp?cies do Novo Mundo s?o desconhecidos. Por?m, estudos comportamentais e fisiol?gicos sugerem que diferentes esp?cies de primatas do Novo Mundo parecem perceber caracter?sticas reprodutivas como o momento da concep??o e a fase da gesta??o em f?meas. Desta forma, neste trabalho buscamos: i) identificar se existem pistas crom?ticas na pele de f?meas de sagui comum (Callithrix jacchus) que indicam a condi??o reprodutiva; ii) determinar se essas pistas s?o percept?veis aos diferentes fen?tipos visuais encontrados na esp?cie; iii) identificar qual seria o efeito de diferentes condi??es de ilumina??o na detec??o dessa colora??o. Para isso, trabalhamos com 13 f?meas de sagui comum em quatro condi??es reprodutivas distintas: gestantes pr?-parto, gestantes p?s-parto, ovulat?rias e n?o ovulat?rias. A colora??o de ?reas da pele das f?meas foi mensurada utilizando um espectrofot?metro e, utilizando modelos matem?ticos de percep??o visual, calculamos os valores de capta??o qu?ntica para cada tipo de fotorreceptor presente na esp?cie, os canais de opon?ncia visual e o contraste crom?tico entre duas ?reas corp?reas. Esse trabalho mostra evid?ncias de varia??o no contraste crom?tico das peles da genit?lia e da coxa nas semanas que antecedem e sucedem o parto, formando um padr?o de varia??o em U percept?vel a machos e f?meas em condi??es naturais de baixa e alta luminosidade. Al?m disso, evidenciamos padr?es de colora??o distintos na regi?o da pele genital para f?meas gestantes que indicam uma sinaliza??o dessa condi??o reprodutiva. Por fim, apresentamos evid?ncias de que o contraste de cor em f?meas x ovulat?rias e n?o ovulat?rias ? superior ao de f?meas gestantes. Este estudo sugere que existe uma varia??o crom?tica na pele genital de f?meas, que essa varia??o ? percept?vel a coespec?ficos e que pode estar relacionada ?s altera??es hormonais acentuadas que ocorrem durante a gesta??o e o ciclo ovariano

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