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Behavior predicts genes structure in a wild primate group.

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Altmann, J; Alberts, SC; Haines, SA; Dubach, J; Muruthi, P; Coote, T; Geffen, E; Cheesman, DJ; Mututua, RS; Saiyalel, SN; Wayne, RK; Lacy, RC ...
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
June 1996

The predictability of genetic structure from social structure and differential mating success was tested in wild baboons. Baboon populations are subdivided into cohesive social groups that include multiple adults of both sexes. As in many mammals, males are the dispersing sex. Social structure and behavior successfully predicted molecular genetic measures of relatedness and variance in reproductive success. In the first quantitative test of the priority-of-access model among wild primates, the reproductive priority of dominant males was confirmed by molecular genetic analysis. However, the resultant high short-term variance in reproductive success did not translate into equally high long-term variance because male dominance status was unstable. An important consequence of high but unstable short-term variance is that age cohorts will tend to be paternal sibships and social groups will be genetically substructured by age.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

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1091-6490

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0027-8424

Publication Date

June 1996

Volume

93

Issue

12

Start / End Page

5797 / 5801

Related Subject Headings

  • Primates
  • Paternity
  • Male
  • Genetics, Population
  • Female
  • Behavior, Animal
  • Animals
 

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Altmann, J., Alberts, S. C., Haines, S. A., Dubach, J., Muruthi, P., Coote, T., … Bruford, M. W. (1996). Behavior predicts genes structure in a wild primate group. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 93(12), 5797–5801. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.93.12.5797
Altmann, J., S. C. Alberts, S. A. Haines, J. Dubach, P. Muruthi, T. Coote, E. Geffen, et al. “Behavior predicts genes structure in a wild primate group.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 93, no. 12 (June 1996): 5797–5801. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.93.12.5797.
Altmann J, Alberts SC, Haines SA, Dubach J, Muruthi P, Coote T, et al. Behavior predicts genes structure in a wild primate group. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 1996 Jun;93(12):5797–801.
Altmann, J., et al. “Behavior predicts genes structure in a wild primate group.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 93, no. 12, June 1996, pp. 5797–801. Epmc, doi:10.1073/pnas.93.12.5797.
Altmann J, Alberts SC, Haines SA, Dubach J, Muruthi P, Coote T, Geffen E, Cheesman DJ, Mututua RS, Saiyalel SN, Wayne RK, Lacy RC, Bruford MW. Behavior predicts genes structure in a wild primate group. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 1996 Jun;93(12):5797–5801.
Journal cover image

Published In

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI

EISSN

1091-6490

ISSN

0027-8424

Publication Date

June 1996

Volume

93

Issue

12

Start / End Page

5797 / 5801

Related Subject Headings

  • Primates
  • Paternity
  • Male
  • Genetics, Population
  • Female
  • Behavior, Animal
  • Animals