动物化学通讯及其功能与机制*

自然杂志 ›› 2010, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (1): 33-39.

动物化学通讯及其功能与机制*

刘定震①田红②

①教授，生物多样性与生态工程教育部重点实验室，北京师范大学生命科学院生态学研究所，北京100875; ②副编审，中国林业出版社，北京100009

收稿日期:2009-12-07 修回日期:2010-01-07 出版日期:2010-02-25 发布日期:2010-02-25
基金资助:
* 国家自然科学基金项目（No.30470233）；国家林业局大熊猫国际合作项目（No.WH0309）资助

Functions and Underlying Mechanisms of Chemical Communication in Animals

LIU Dingzhen, TIAN Hong

①Professor, MOE, Key Lab of Biodiversity and Engineer, Institute of Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;

Received:2009-12-07 Revised:2010-01-07 Online:2010-02-25 Published:2010-02-25

摘要/Abstract

摘要： 化学通讯在动物的社群行为中占有重要地位，它对于维系社会等级，传递发情信息，个体识别、亲缘识别等具有重要作用。自第一种外激素被发现，迄今已经整整50年，有关化学通讯功能及其机制的研究也取得了很大的进展，并呈现出一些新的特点。本文回顾了化学通讯的研究进展，对外激素的化学组成和释放、其感受机制、功能和生理及遗传调节等进行了总结，并对未来的研究趋势和热点问题进行了讨论。

关键词: 化学信息素, 外激素, 气味, 犁鼻器, 社会行为

Abstract: Chemical communication plays an important role in regulating animal social life. It is helpful for them to maintain social hierarchy, indicate their reproductive states, recognize /discriminate conspecifics from one to another, kin vs. nonkin conspecifics. It has been 50 years since the first pheromone was found in 1959 by Karlson and Lüscher. Scientists have made a major progress in exploring new pheromones and the underlying mechanisms of chemical communication. In this paper, we introduced both the general theories in chemical communication and some new findings in the study of pheromones identification, and also introduced chemical component analyses and identification, sensory path and perception of different pheromones, the functions and the related physiological and genetic factors affecting chemical communication. The future trends in the study of pheromone detection and behavioral bioassay were also discussed.

Key words: Semiochemical, pheromone, odor, vomeronasal organ (VNO), social behavior

刘定震田红. 动物化学通讯及其功能与机制*[J]. 自然杂志, 2010, 32(1): 33-39.

LIU Ding-Zhen;TIAN Hong. Functions and Underlying Mechanisms of Chemical Communication in Animals[J]. Chinese Journal of Nature, 2010, 32(1): 33-39.