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Microsatellite DNA suggests that group size affects sex-biased dispersal patterns in red colobus monkeys.
American journal of primatology - 1 May 2013
Miyamoto Michael M, Allen Julie M, Gogarten Jan F, Chapman Colin A
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Dispersal is a major life history trait of social organisms influencing the behavioral and genetic structure of their groups. Unfortunately, primate dispersal is difficult to quantify, because of the rarity of these events and our inability to ascertain if individuals dispersed or died when they disappear. Socioecological models have been partially developed to understand the ecological causes of different...
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