MRC Reproductive Biology Unit, 37 Chalmers Street, Edinburgh EH3 9EW, Scotland.
Am J Primatol. 1984;6(3):169-186. doi: 10.1002/ajp.1350060305.
In laboratory groups of common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus jacchus), socially induced reproductive suppression among subordinates and offspring effectively maintained a monogamous breeding system. Male subordinates or male offspring were inhibited or restrained from showing sexual behavior, while similarly placed females could also suffer from complete ovarian failure. In well-established families, a familiarity or inbreeding taboo restricted reproduction among otherwise fertile offspring. However, only one daughter ovulated in any family, and in up to 50% of family groups, all daughters were inhibited from ovulating. This differential effect on daughters may have reflected a qualitative shift in the mother-daughter relationship: the ovulating daughter may have represented the next breeding female and may no longer have regarded the mother as an inhibitory influence. In newly established peer groups of pubertal and postpubertal offspring, one male and female dominated all others in each group and overtly inhibited sexual behavior in subordinates of their own sex. Ovulation was suppressed in all subordinate females because of inadequate gonadotrophin secretion. This was not related to increased secretion of cortisol or prolactin, but may have been related to hypothalamic inhibition of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) secretion.
在普通狨猴（Callithrix jacchus jacchus）的实验室群体中，社会诱导的下属和后代的生殖抑制有效地维持了一夫一妻制的繁殖系统。雄性下属或雄性后代的性行为受到抑制或限制，而同样处于从属地位的雌性也可能会出现完全的卵巢衰竭。在成熟的家庭中，熟悉或近亲繁殖的禁忌限制了原本有生育能力的后代的繁殖。然而，在任何一个家庭中，只有一个女儿排卵，而在多达 50%的家庭群体中，所有的女儿都被抑制排卵。这种对女儿的不同影响可能反映了母女关系的质的转变：排卵的女儿可能代表了下一个繁殖的雌性，可能不再将母亲视为抑制因素。在青春期和青春期后的后代新建立的同辈群体中，每个群体中都有一到两只雄性和雌性主导着其他所有个体，并公开抑制自己性别的下属的性行为。所有从属雌性的排卵都受到抑制，因为促性腺激素分泌不足。这与皮质醇或催乳素分泌增加无关，但可能与下丘脑抑制黄体生成素释放激素（LHRH）分泌有关。
