DNA analyses support the hypothesis that infanticide is adaptive in langur monkeys

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1422, 1999, Pages 901-904

  Borries, Carola ^a   Launhardt, Kristin ^b   Epplen, Cornelia ^c   Epplen, Jörg T ^c   Winkler, Paul ^b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infanticide; Paternity analysis via DNA; Presbytis entellus; Sexual selection; Social pathology; Subsequent infant

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INFANTICIDE; MALE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; INFANTICIDE; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; HANUMAN; HANUMAN LANGURS; MAMMALIA; PRESBYTIS ENTELLUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0033532028     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0721     Document Type: Article

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