Where sociality and relatedness diverge: The genetic basis for hierarchical social organization in African elephants

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1672, 2009, Pages 3513-3521

  Wittemyer, George ^a,b,c,d   Okello, John B A ^b,e   Rasmussen, Henrik B ^c,d   Arctander, Peter ^d   Nyakaana, Silvester ^b   Douglas Hamilton, Iain ^c,f   Siegismund, Hans R ^d  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c SAVE THE ELEPHANTS   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kin selection; Loxodonta africana; Population genetics; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFFILIATIVE BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIVERGENCE; ELEPHANT; FITNESS; FUTURE PROSPECT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; KIN SELECTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; ELEPHANT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINE; HAPLOTYPE; HERD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 70349610076     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0941     Document Type: Article

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