The hidden matrilineal structure of a solitary lemur: Implications for primate social evolution

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1502, 2002, Pages 1755-1763

  Kappeler, Peter M ^a   Wimmer, Barbara ^a   Zinner, Dietmar ^a   Tautz, Diethard ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Evolution; Kinship; Philopatry; Polygyny; Primates

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DISPERSAL; EVOLUTION; KIN SELECTION; PHILOPATRY; POLYGYNY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; KIN SELECTION; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

MADAGASCAR;

ANIMALIA; LEMUR; MIRZA COQUERELI; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 41049115880     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2066     Document Type: Article

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