The evolutionary history of primate mating systems

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 458-461

  Opie, Christopher ^a   Atkinson, Quentin D ^a,b   Shultz, Susanne ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian phylogenetics; Mating systems; Monogamy; Phylogeny; Polygynandry; Polygyny; Primates

Indexed keywords

PRIMATES;

EID: 84869768144     PISSN: 19420889     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.20821     Document Type: Article

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