Paternity and social rank in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) from the Budongo Forest, Uganda

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 417-428

  Newton Fisher, Nicholas E ^a   Thompson, Melissa Emery ^b   Reynolds, Vernon ^c   Boesch, Christophe ^d   Vigilant, Linda ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Male reproductive strategies; Priority of access; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; DNA DETERMINATION; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FECES ANALYSIS; FOREST; GENOTYPE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; UGANDA; VOCALIZATION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; BIRTH ORDER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATERNITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREES; UGANDA;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 77953481119     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21241     Document Type: Article

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