Speaker：Shuyu He （何纾宇）Zongzhuang Liu（刘宗壮）Boli Wu（吴博理）

Time：10:00 - 13:00

Location：Room B106, Lui Che Woo Building

Abstract

Parental care is essential for the survival of infants. Although that parental care exists in many species, and that paternal care is common among fish, birds and the insect species, only 3–5% of mammalian species are biparental. Paternal caregiving has its reason to be rare, which leaves a question-mark on how it evolves, what its fundamental basis is, and how it is influencing the offspring. Researches have partly revealed the genetic and neural basis underlying the unique behavior, and in addition it’s complicated, long-lasting effect brought to the infants. By understanding this, we may eventually learn what makes a father a caregiver, and how to build a better dad.

Guest information:

1. Feldman, Ruth, Katharina Braun, and Frances A. Champagne. "The neural mechanisms and consequences of paternal caregiving." Nature Reviews Neuroscience (2019): 1.

Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41583-019-0124-6

1. Bendesky, Andres, et al. "The genetic basis of parental care evolution in monogamous mice." Nature 544.7651 (2017): 434.

Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature22074

2. Bambico, Francis R., et al. "Father absence in the monogamous California mouse impairs social behavior and modifies dopamine and glutamate synapses in the medial prefrontal cortex." Cerebral Cortex 25.5 (2013): 1163-1175.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bht310