Paternity assessment in wild groups of toque macaques Macaca sinica at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka using molecular markers.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.1997.00178.x

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Paternity assessment in wild groups of toque macaques Macaca sinica at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka using molecular markers.

Molecular ecology - 1 Mar 1997

Keane B, Dittus W P, Melnick D J

Abstract excerpt

Genetic variation at four microsatellite loci in conjunction with that at a highly variable allozyme locus was used to analyse paternity over a 12-year period in 13 social groups of toque macaques Macaca sinica inhabiting a natural forest in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. Paternity exclusion analysis revealed that the set of offspring produced by a female usually consists of half-siblings because few males father more...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Animals, Wild
Dinucleotide Repeats
Female
Gene Frequency
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Inbreeding
Macaca
Male
Microsatellite Repeats
Paternity
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Social Behavior
Sri Lanka

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PMID: 9076981
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1997.00178.x

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