Division of Neurobiology, Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, Emory University and Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta.
Am J Primatol. 1983;5(3):197-204. doi: 10.1002/ajp.1350050303.
The accepted model of breeding seasonality in rhesus monkeys states that females become reproductively active in response to an environmental cue and that males become sexually active in response to ovulating females. This model must be modified to include direct responses of the male to the physical environment, endocrine responses of males to sexual activity, and responses of the female to the sexual activation of fellow group members. The complex set of social stimuli that influences the breeding readiness of both sexes may serve to delimit more precisely the annual periods of conception and birth than would be the case if each individual responded only to the changing physical environment.
猕猴繁殖季节性的公认模型表明，雌性会对环境线索做出反应而变得具有生殖能力，而雄性会对排卵的雌性做出反应而变得具有性能力。该模型必须进行修改，以包括雄性对物理环境的直接反应、雄性对性行为的内分泌反应，以及雌性对同群体成员性激活的反应。影响两性繁殖准备状态的复杂的社会刺激集合，可能比个体仅对不断变化的物理环境做出反应的情况更能精确地限定每年的受孕和生育期。
