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Low paternity skew and the influence of maternal kin in an egalitarian, patrilocal primate.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 22 Nov 2011
Strier Karen B, Chaves Paulo B, Mendes Sérgio L, Fagundes Valéria, Di Fiore Anthony
Abstract excerpt
Levels of reproductive skew vary in wild primates living in multimale groups depending on the degree to which high-ranking males monopolize access to females. Still, the factors affecting paternity in egalitarian societies remain unexplored. We combine unique behavioral, life history, and genetic data to evaluate the distribution of paternity in the northern muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus), a species known for...
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