人类的性早熟是一种病理状态, 而在动物上, 性早熟可能是一个在生产上具有价值的数量性状。一些物种在进化过程中形成了性早熟的特性并能在群体中稳定遗传。性早熟在很大程度上与遗传密切相关, 是一个由多基因决定的复杂性状。文章主要介绍了KiSS-1基因、GPR54基因、LHR基因、FSHR基因、CYP基因家族、ER基因、TGFa基因、IGF-Ⅰ基因、GNAS1基因、HSD3B2基因、SHBG基因、VDR基因等与哺乳动物性早熟的关系。

In mammals and humans, reproductive capacity is attained at puberty as the end-point of a complex series of developmental and neuroendocrine events that lead to true sexual maturity. As for humans, sexual precocity looks like a pathologic status. While for some animals, sexual precocity may be a valuable quantitative character. For some species, the character of sexual precocity was developed in the evolutionary process and stably transmitted to future generations. Sexual precocity is a complex character determined by polygenes. This review introduced the association between KiSS-1, GPR54, LHR, FSHR, CYP, ER, TGFa, IGF-Ⅰ, GNAS1, HSD3B2, SHBG, VDR genes and sexual precocity in mammals.