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Mountain gorilla tug-of-war: silverbacks have limited control over reproduction in multimale groups.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 28 Jun 2005

Bradley Brenda J, Robbins Martha M, Williamson Elizabeth A, Steklis H Dieter, Steklis Netzin Gerald, Eckhardt Nadin, Boesch Christophe, Vigilant Linda

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To determine who fathers the offspring in wild mountain gorilla groups containing more than one adult male silverback, we genotyped nearly one-fourth (n = 92) of the mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) living in the Virunga Volcanoes region of Africa. Paternity analysis of 48 offspring born into four groups between 1985 and 1999 revealed that, although all infants were sired by within-group males, the...

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PMID: 15964984
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0502019102
PMCID: PMC1166604

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