The ties that bind: Genetic relatedness predicts the fission and fusion of social groups in wild African elephants

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1586, 2006, Pages 513-522

  Archie, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Moss, Cynthia J ^c   Alberts, Susan C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Amboseli Elephant Research Project   (Kenya)

Author keywords

African elephant; Kin selection; Population genetics; Relatedness; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DNA; ELEPHANT; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RELATEDNESS; SAVANNA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WILD POPULATION;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; KENYA; KIN SELECTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33645755862     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3361     Document Type: Article

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