Neuroanatomical and gene expression features of the rabbit accessory olfactory system: implications of pheromone communication in reproductive behaviour and animal physiology

• Autores: Paula Rodríguez Villamayor
• Directores de la Tesis: Paulino Martínez Portela (dir. tes.), José Manuel Cifuentes Martínez (tut. tes.), Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro (dir. tes.)
• Lectura: En la Universidade de Santiago de Compostela ( España ) en 2023
• Idioma: inglés
• Número de páginas: 267
• Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: Enrique Lanuza Navarro (presid.), Carmen Bouza Fernández (secret.), Rose Ruiz Daniels (voc.)
• Programa de doctorado: Programa de Doctorado en Investigación Básica y Aplicada en Ciencias Veterinarias por la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
• Materias:
  • Ciencias de la vida
    • Fisiología humana
      • Fisiología de la reproducción
  • Ciencias agrarias
    • Ciencias veterinarias
      • Anatomía
      • Genética
• Enlaces
  • Tesis en acceso abierto en: MINERVA
• Resumen

  • Mainly driven by the vomeronasal system (VNS), pheromone communication is involved in many species-specific fundamental innate socio-sexual behaviors such as mating and fighting, which are essential for animal reproduction and survival. Rabbits are a unique model for studying chemocommunication due to the discovery of the rabbit mammary pheromone, but paradoxically there has been a lack of knowledge regarding its VNS pathway. In this work, we aim at filling this gap by approaching the system from an integrative point of view, providing extensive anatomical and genomic data of the rabbit VNS, as well as pheromone-mediated reproductive and behavioural studies. Our results build strong foundation for further translational studies which aim at implementing the use of pheromones to improve animal production and welfare.