A longitudinal analysis of reproductive skew in male rhesus macaques

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1541, 2004, Pages 819-826

  Widdig, Anja ^a,b   Bercovitch, Fred B ^c   Streich, Wolf Jürgen ^d   Sauermann, Ulrike ^e   Nürnberg, Peter ^a,f   Krawczak, Michael ^g  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^f MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heterozygote advantage; Kin structure; Male reproductive skew; Mate choice; Rhesus macaques

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; MATE CHOICE; PRIMATE; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SKEWNESS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOSITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RHESUS MONKEY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 1842833517     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2666     Document Type: Article

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