Personality Traits in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) Are Heritable but Do Not Predict Reproductive Output

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 188-209

  Brent, Lauren J N ^a,b   Semple, Stuart ^b   MacLarnon, Ann ^b   Ruiz Lambides, Angelina ^c   Gonzalez Martinez, Janis ^c   Platt, Michael L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Additive genetic variance; Behavioral tendencies; Fitness; Quantitative genetics; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893786309     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-013-9724-6     Document Type: Article

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