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Susan C. Alberts

Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Biology
Biology
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Scholarly Works - Book sections


Mating Systems of Old World Monkeys

Book section · January 1, 2026 The term ‘Mating system' refers to an aggregate set of features for a species or population related to mating and reproduction. Across animal taxa, these features sort in predictable ways, resulting in only a handful of different types of mating systems, e ... Full text Cite

Mating systems of old world monkeys

Book section · January 1, 2019 The term ‘Mating system’ refers to an aggregate set of features for a species or population related to mating and reproduction. Across animal taxa, these features sort in predictable ways, resulting in only a handful of different types of mating systems, e ... Full text Cite

Mating Systems of Old World Monkeys

Book section · January 1, 2019 The term ‘Mating system’ refers to an aggregate set of features for a species or population related to mating and reproduction. Across animal taxa, these features sort in predictable ways, resulting in only a handful of different types of mating systems, e ... Full text Cite

Altmann, Stuart

Book section · January 1, 2017 Stuart Altmann is a founding figure in primate behavioral ecology. As part of his Ph.D. research at Harvard, completed in 1960, he produced seminal work on the Cayo Santiago rhesus monkeys. With his wife Jeanne Altmann, he helped found the long-term resear ... Full text Cite

The Amboseli baboon research project: 40 years of continuity and change

Book section · July 1, 2012 In 1963, Jeanne and Stuart Altmann traveled through Kenya and Tanzania searching for a baboon study site. They settled on the Maasai-Amboseli Game Reserve (later Amboseli National Park) and conducted a 13-month study that laid the groundwork for much futur ... Full text Cite

Functional significance of MHC variation in mate choice, reproductive outcome, and disease risk

Book section · April 1, 2010 This chapter surveys connections between the nervous system and the immune system, and suggests that their connections mediate many significant health outcomes. The nervous and immune systems are intimately connected by shared developmental, functional and ... Full text Cite