Message 'scent': Lemurs detect the genetic relatedness and quality of conspecifics via olfactory cues

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-108

  Charpentier, Marie J E ^a,b,c   Crawford, Jeremy Chase ^a   Boulet, Marylène ^a   Drea, Christine M ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical communication; Heterozygosity; Honest signalling; Inbreeding avoidance; Kin recognition; Mate choice; Nepotism; Primate; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; FITNESS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HONEST SIGNALING; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; KIN RECOGNITION; MATE CHOICE; NEPOTISM; OLFACTORY CUE; PRIMATE; RELATEDNESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 77953959373     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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