Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington, DC, 20008, USA.
Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
J Assist Reprod Genet. 2018 Apr;35(4):551-560. doi: 10.1007/s10815-018-1136-2. Epub 2018 Feb 22.
Studying the reproductive biology of wild animal species produces knowledge beneficial to their management and conservation. However, wild species also share intriguing similarities in reproductive biology with humans, thereby offering alternative models for better understanding the etiology of infertility and developing innovative treatments. The purpose of this review is to raise awareness in different scientific communities about intriguing connections between wild animals and humans regarding infertility syndromes or improvement of fertility preservation. The objectives are to (1) highlight commonalities between wild species and human fertility, (2) demonstrate that research in wild species-assisted reproductive technologies can greatly enhance success in human reproductive medicine, and (3) recognize that human fertility preservation is highly inspiring and relevant to wild species conservation. In addition to having similar biological traits in some wild species and humans, the fact of sharing the same natural environment and the common needs for more options in fertility preservation are strong incentives to build more bridges that will eventually benefit both animal conservation and human reproductive medicine.
研究野生动物物种的生殖生物学可以产生有益于其管理和保护的知识。然而，野生动物的生殖生物学与人类也存在有趣的相似之处，因此为更好地理解不孕的病因和开发创新治疗方法提供了替代模型。本综述的目的是提高不同科学界对野生动物和人类在不孕综合征或生育力保存方面的有趣联系的认识。目的是：(1) 突出野生动物和人类生育力之间的共同性；(2) 证明野生动物辅助生殖技术的研究可以极大地提高人类生殖医学的成功率；(3) 认识到人类生育力保存对野生动物保护具有高度的启发意义和相关性。除了一些野生动物和人类具有相似的生物学特征外，还存在着一个事实，即它们共享相同的自然环境，并且在生育力保存方面都有更多选择的共同需求，这是建立更多桥梁的强大动力，最终将使动物保护和人类生殖医学都受益。
