Kingston P A, Crews D
Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520.
Brain Res. 1994 Apr 18;643(1-2):349-51. doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(94)90046-9.
Lesions of the anterior hypothalamus-medial preoptic area (AH-MPOA) impair courtship and copulatory behavior in male Cnemidophorus inornatus, a sexually reproducing species of whiptail lizard, and male-like pseudosexual behaviors in C. uniparens, an all-female species. These results suggest that, since C. inornatus is a direct ancestor to C. uniparens, the neural structures responsible for mediating male-typical courtship and copulatory behavior in male whiptails are conserved in the evolution of the all-female parthenogen.
下丘脑前部-内侧视前区（AH-MPOA）的损伤会损害雄性无饰鞭尾蜥（一种有性繁殖的鞭尾蜥物种）的求偶和交配行为，以及孤雌鞭尾蜥（一种全雌性物种）的雄性样假性行为。这些结果表明，由于无饰鞭尾蜥是孤雌鞭尾蜥的直接祖先，在全雌性单性生殖的进化过程中，负责介导雄性典型求偶和交配行为的神经结构得以保留。
