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Introduction to “Reproduction: The Female Perspective from an Integrative and Comparative Framework”
Integrative and Comparative Biology ( IF 2.6 ) Pub Date : 2020-07-11 , DOI: 10.1093/icb/icaa101
Virginia Hayssen 1 , Teri J Orr 2
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Synopsis
This compendium is from a symposium about reproductive biology from the female perspective, but what do we mean by the female perspective? Most obviously, since all of our speakers, and most of our contributors, are female, one meaning is that the female perspective is the view of female scientists. Our diverse contributors are from a spectrum of academic ranks (post-docs to chaired professors) and study a range of animal taxa from insects to mammals. More importantly, we want to examine reproductive biology from the perspective of female organisms themselves. What happens when we examine social behavior, physiology, or ecology strictly from the viewpoint of females? In many cases, the female-centric perspective will alter our prior interpretations. For example, with deoxyribonucleic acid fingerprinting, differences between genetic and behavioral mating-systems became obvious. The scientific community came to realize that assessing parentage is the definitive way to categorize mating systems since using male-mating strategies resulted in flawed conclusions; in fact, the female selection of which sperm is involved in conception is more important in determining parentage than mating events per se. Perhaps parentage systems rather than mating systems would be more appropriate. This difference in interpretation relative to methodology exemplifies how behavioral ecology might change if we examine systems from the female perspective; similar changes may occur for other fields. Another example comes from studies of whole-organism performance. Here, jumping, running, and swimming have been measured in males, usually with the deliberate removal of females and the major facet of female physiology, that is, reproduction. However, female biology may actually set the limits of performance given the need to carry extra weight and the extensive changes in body shape required for reproduction. Female performance is a valuable area for research. In fact, novel insights into metabolic ceilings arose from examining energetics, including metabolic rates, during lactation. In the symposium and the associated papers, our contributors explored the various ways in which a female-focused framework shifts our research conclusions and programs. As a way forward, we also include a table of sex-neutral terminology to replace terms that are currently androcentric or value-laden.


中文翻译:

“生殖:综合和比较框架中的女性视角”简介

概要
本纲要来自女性视角的生殖生物学专题讨论会,但是女性视角是什么意思呢?最明显的是,由于我们所有的演讲者和大多数的贡献者都是女性,所以其中一个含义是女性的观点就是女性科学家的观点。我们的多元化贡献者来自各个学术领域(从博士后到主持教授),并研究了从昆虫到哺乳动物的各种动物分类。更重要的是,我们要从女性有机体本身的角度研究生殖生物学。当我们严格地从女性的角度审视社会行为,生理或生态时,会发生什么?在许多情况下,以女性为中心的观点将改变我们先前的解释。例如,通过脱氧核糖核酸指纹图谱,遗传和行为交配系统之间的差异变得很明显。科学界开始意识到,评估亲子关系是对交配系统进行分类的明确方法,因为使用男性交配策略会得出错误的结论。实际上,女性的选择与受精相比,在受孕中更重要。也许育儿系统而不是交配系统会更合适。相对于方法论,这种解释上的差异说明了如果我们从女性的角度研究系统,行为生态学可能会发生怎样的变化。其他字段可能会发生类似的变化。另一个例子来自对全生物性能的研究。在这里,对男性的跳跃,奔跑和游泳进行了测量,通常伴随着女性的故意移走和女性生理学的主要方面,即生殖。但是,考虑到需要承担额外的重量以及生殖所需的巨大体形变化,女性生物学实际上可能会限制性能。女性表演是研究的重要领域。实际上,在哺乳期间通过检查能量代谢(包括代谢率)可以得出有关代谢上限的新颖见解。在专题讨论会和相关论文中,我们的撰稿人探讨了以女性为中心的框架改变我们的研究结论和计划的各种方式。作为前进的方式,我们还提供了一个性别中立的术语表,以替代当前以男性为中心或带有价值的术语。鉴于需要承担额外的重量以及生殖所需要的身体形态的巨大变化,女性生物学实际上可能会限制表现。女性表演是研究的重要领域。实际上,在哺乳期间通过检查能量代谢(包括代谢率)可以得出有关代谢上限的新颖见解。在专题讨论会和相关论文中,我们的撰稿人探讨了以女性为中心的框架改变我们的研究结论和计划的各种方式。作为前进的方式,我们还提供了一个性别中立的术语表,以替代当前以男性为中心或带有价值的术语。鉴于需要承担额外的重量以及生殖所需要的身体形态的巨大变化,女性生物学实际上可能会限制表现。女性表演是研究的重要领域。实际上,在哺乳期间通过检查能量代谢(包括代谢率)可以得出有关代谢上限的新颖见解。在专题讨论会和相关论文中,我们的撰稿人探讨了以女性为中心的框架改变我们的研究结论和计划的各种方式。作为前进的方式,我们还提供了一个性别中立的术语表,以替代当前以男性为中心或带有价值的术语。在哺乳期间,通过检查能量代谢(包括代谢率),可以得出有关代谢上限的新颖见解。在专题讨论会和相关论文中,我们的撰稿人探讨了以女性为中心的框架改变我们的研究结论和计划的各种方式。作为前进的方式,我们还提供了一个性别中立的术语表,以替代当前以男性为中心或带有价值的术语。在哺乳期间,通过检查能量代谢(包括代谢率),可以得出有关代谢上限的新颖见解。在专题讨论会和相关论文中,我们的撰稿人探讨了以女性为中心的框架改变我们的研究结论和计划的各种方式。作为前进的方式,我们还提供了一个性别中立的术语表,以替代当前以男性为中心或带有价值的术语。
更新日期:2020-10-11
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