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Orkin JD, He K, Hu NQ, Guan ZH, Huang B, Yang C, Fan PF, Jiang X. Landscape and conservation genetics of western black crested gibbons (Nomascus concolor) in China. Am J Primatol 2024:e23662. [PMID: 39041384 DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2024] [Revised: 06/05/2024] [Accepted: 06/21/2024] [Indexed: 07/24/2024]
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Despite decades of field study, very little is known about the molecular ecology of gibbons, particularly as it relates to their ability to disperse across degraded and fragmentary landscapes. The critically endangered western black crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor) has been reduced to a small, fragmented population with about 1300 individuals. In the largest population genetic study of free-ranging gibbons to date, we sampled 47 of these gibbons from 13 sites in China and generated 15 polymorphic autosomal microsatellite markers. We identify three population clusters of N. concolor in Yunnan centered in 1) the Wuliang and Ailao Mountains, 2) the Yongde Daxueshan Mountains, and 3) an isolated remnant near the border with Vietnam. Within the Wuliang Mountains, we identified four subclusters, three of which are bounded by high-altitude rhododendron forest, and one that is isolated from the main population by ~2 km of degraded forest and pasture. Least-cost path analysis and isolation by resistance modeling demonstrates that the population genetic distances among gibbons in Wuliangshan National Nature Reserve are significantly correlated with geographic paths that avoid use of high-altitude rhododendron forest in favor of evergreen broadleaf forest. Although these gibbons have likely undergone reductions in heterozygosity from recent consanguineous mating, we suggest that their active avoidance of inbreeding on the population level maintains higher than expected levels of genetic diversity. This research provides new insights into how gibbons interact with heterogeneous environments and expands our understanding of their molecular ecology and conservation genetics.
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- Joseph D Orkin
- Département d'anthropologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Département de sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Key Laboratory of Conservation and Application in Biodiversity of South China, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
- Yunnan Academy of Biodiversity, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
- Wuliang-Ailao Mountains Wildlife Observation and Research Station of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
- Wuliang-Ailao Mountains Wildlife Observation and Research Station of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China
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Schembari S, Miller C, Roberts SJ, Cords M. Female Mate Choice in Wild Kenyan Blue Monkeys ( Cercopithecus mitis). Animals (Basel) 2024; 14:1589. [PMID: 38891636 PMCID: PMC11171077 DOI: 10.3390/ani14111589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2024] [Revised: 05/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
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Female mate choice may drive sexual selection, but discerning whether female behaviors reflect free expression of choice or responses to constraints can be difficult. We investigated the efficacy of female choice in wild blue monkeys using 10 years of behavior and paternity data (N = 178 male-female dyads). Although blue monkeys live modally in one-male polygynous groups, where male-biased intersexual power is expected, females can access multiple potential mates during seasonal male influxes and occasional intergroup encounters. Additionally, extra-group males sire offspring. We examined female resistance rates to male-initiated sexual interactions, and unsolicited proceptive behavior that females directed to males (corrected for male availability). Females seldom resisted male solicitation, but initiated sexual interactions more than males. Females generally preferred residents. Those who preferred non-residents tended to have residents with longer tenures, but neither female parity nor rank influenced the tendency to prefer non-residents vs. residents. The male most solicited by a particular female fathered that female's infant 82% of the time; odds of siring were 26 times higher for most vs. nonpreferred males. Female preference predicted paternity even more strongly among non-resident males, with odds of siring 33 times higher for most vs. nonpreferred non-residents. Neither female rank nor parity influenced her likelihood of having her preferred partner as sire. Paternity by preferred males did not affect infant survival. While we cannot fully discount the effect of male-male competition on paternity, these results suggest that blue monkey females can exercise choice successfully, even in a polygynous mating system.
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- Sofia Schembari
- Department of Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology, Columbia University, 10th Floor, Schermerhorn Extension, 1200 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA; (S.S.); (C.M.); (S.-J.R.)
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology, Columbia University, 10th Floor, Schermerhorn Extension, 1200 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA; (S.S.); (C.M.); (S.-J.R.)
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology, Columbia University, 10th Floor, Schermerhorn Extension, 1200 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA; (S.S.); (C.M.); (S.-J.R.)
- The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology, Columbia University, 10th Floor, Schermerhorn Extension, 1200 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA; (S.S.); (C.M.); (S.-J.R.)
- The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Long-Distance Vocal Signaling in White-Handed Gibbons (Hylobates lar). INT J PRIMATOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10764-022-00312-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Huang X, Hu NQ, He K, Guan ZH, Garber PA, Chapman CA, Jiang XL, Fan PF. Disassociation of social and sexual partner relationships in a gibbon population with stable one-male two-female groups. Am J Primatol 2022; 84:e23394. [PMID: 35612520 DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Revised: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Adult males living in a one-male multi-female social group are expected to try to monopolize copulations with resident females to increase reproductive fitness. Gibbons have traditionally been described as living in monogamous groups, with the sole resident adult male assumed to sire all of the group's offspring. Here, we used microsatellite analyses and behavioral observations to examine rates of extra-group paternity (EGP) over 16 years in a population of crested gibbons (Nomascus concolor) that form stable and long-term one-male two-female social units. Forty percent of offspring (N = 14) were sired by extra-group males. To understand this high level of EGP, we tested whether inbreeding avoidance was related to EGP. Females who engaged in EGP did not show larger pairwise relatedness with their resident male compared to females who did not engage in EGP. Nevertheless, the standardized heterozygosity of EGP offspring was significantly higher than for offspring sired by the group's resident male. These results provide partial support for the inbreeding avoidance hypothesis. It appears that resident male crested gibbons are unable to monopolize resident females' matings. Our results indicate that long-term social partners are often distinct from sexual partners in this population. Clearly, the breeding system of crested gibbons is more flexible than previously thought, indicating a need for integrating long-term behavioral data and genetic research to re-evaluate gibbon social and sexual relationships derived from concepts of monogamy and pair-bonding.
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- Xia Huang
- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
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- Key Laboratory of Conservation and Application in Biodiversity of South China, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.,Yunnan Academy of Biodiversity, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Anthropology, Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Wilson Center, Washington DC, USA.,School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.,Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.,Department of Anthropology, Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Li P, Garber PA, Bi Y, Jin K, Qi X, Zhou J. Diverse grouping and mating strategies in the Critically Endangered Hainan gibbon (Nomascus hainanus). Primates 2022; 63:237-243. [PMID: 35325328 PMCID: PMC9061651 DOI: 10.1007/s10329-022-00983-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Understanding flexibility in the social structure and mating strategies of the world's last remaining population (35 individuals) of wild Hainan gibbons (Nomascus hainanus) is critical for developing effective management plans to aid in their population recovery. Three of the five remaining Hainan gibbon groups (A, B, and C) currently live in a social unit characterized by two or three adult males, two reproducing adult females, and offspring. A fourth group (D) contains one adult male, two adult females, and offspring, and Group E contains a single adult male-adult female pair with a young infant. In this study, we describe observations of copulations between multiple resident males and one of the two resident females in Group C. Group C is best described as a small multi-male/multi-female group. We found that this breeding female (F2) solicited copulations from two resident adult males (M1 and M2) on the same day, and also mated with each of these two males on different days. Resident males were not observed to interrupt the mating pair. Although factors such as a biased adult sex ratio, severe population disruption, and habitat degradation can help explain variation in group composition and mating strategies in Hainan gibbons, we argue that there exists considerable mating system variability across gibbon species, and that this variability offers important insights into male and female Hainan gibbon group structure and reproductive strategies.
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- Ping Li
- Institute of Forest Ecology Environment and Nature Conservation, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China
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- Department of Anthropology, Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Institute of Forest Ecology Environment and Nature Conservation, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China
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- Institute of Forest Ecology Environment and Nature Conservation, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China.
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- Bawangling Branch of Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park Administration, Changjiang, Hainan, China
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- School of Karst Sciences, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China.
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Markviriya D, Asensio N, Brockelman WY, Jeratthitikul E, Kongrit C. Genetic analysis of hybridization between white-handed (Hylobates lar) and pileated (Hylobates pileatus) gibbons in a contact zone in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. Primates 2021; 63:51-63. [PMID: 34716489 DOI: 10.1007/s10329-021-00958-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/17/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
Natural hybridization has played various roles in the evolutionary history of primates. Its consequences range from genetic introgression between taxa, formation of hybrid zones, and formation of new lineages. Hylobates lar, the white-handed gibbon, and Hylobates pileatus, the pileated gibbon, are largely allopatric species in Southeast Asia with a narrow contact zone in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand, which contains both parental types and hybrids. Hybrid individuals in the zone are recognizable by their intermediate pelage and vocal patterns, but have not been analyzed genetically. We analyzed mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA of 52 individuals to estimate the relative genetic contributions of the parental species to each individual, and the amount of introgression into the parental species. We obtained fecal samples from 33 H. lar, 15 H. pileatus and four phenotypically intermediate individuals in the contact zone. Both mitochondrial and microsatellite markers confirmed distinct differences between these taxa. Both H. lar and H. pileatus contributed to the maternal lineages of the hybrids based on mitochondrial analysis; hybrids were viable and present in socially normal reproductive pairs. The microsatellite analysis identified ten admixed individuals, four F1 hybrids, which corresponded to phenotypic hybrids, and six H. lar-like backcrosses. All 15 H. pileatus samples were identified as originating from genetically H. pileatus individuals with no H. lar admixture; hence, backcrossing is biased toward H. lar. A relatively low number of phenotypic hybrids and backcrossed individuals along with a high number of parental types indicates a bimodal hybrid zone, which suggests relatively strong bias in mate selection between the species.
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- Darunee Markviriya
- Animal Systematics and Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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- Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhon Pathom, 73170, Thailand.,Department of Clinical and Health Psychology and Research Methodology, Faculty of Psychology, University of the Basque Country, 20018, Donostia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhon Pathom, 73170, Thailand.,National Biobank of Thailand, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, 12120, Thailand
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- Animal Systematics and Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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- Animal Systematics and Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
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Divergence and introgression in small apes, the genus Hylobates, revealed by reduced representation sequencing. Heredity (Edinb) 2021; 127:312-322. [PMID: 34188193 PMCID: PMC8405704 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-021-00452-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Gibbons of the genus Hylobates, which inhabit Southeast Asia, show great diversity and comprise seven to nine species. Natural hybridisation has been observed in several species contact zones, but the history and extent of hybridisation and introgression in possibly historical and the current contact zones remain unclear. To uncover Hylobates species phylogeny and the extent of introgression in their evolution, genotyping by random amplicon sequencing-direct (GRAS-Di) was applied to 47 gibbons, representing seven Hylobates species/subspecies and two outgroup gibbon species. Over 200,000 autosomal single-nucleotide variant sites were identified. The autosomal phylogeny supported that divergence from the mainland species began ~3.5 million years ago, and subsequently occurred among the Sundaic island species. Significant introgression signals were detected between H. lar and H. pileatus, H. lar and H. agilis and H. albibarbis and H. muelleri, which all are parapatric and form ongoing hybrid zones. Furthermore, the introgression signals were detected in every analysed individual of these species, indicating a relatively long history of hybridisation, which might have affected the entire gene pool. By contrast, signals of introgression were either not detected or doubtful in other species pairs living on different islands, indicating the rarity of hybridisation and introgression, even though the Sundaic islands were connected during the Pliocene and Pleistocene glacial events.
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Dolotovskaya S, Roos C, Heymann EW. Genetic monogamy and mate choice in a pair-living primate. Sci Rep 2020; 10:20328. [PMID: 33230212 PMCID: PMC7683532 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-77132-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
In pair-living mammals, genetic monogamy is extremely rare. One possible reason is that in socially monogamous animals, mate choice can be severely constrained, increasing the risk of inbreeding or pairing with an incompatible or low-quality partner. To escape these constraints, individuals might engage in extra-pair copulations. Alternatively, inbreeding can be avoided by dispersal. However, little is known about the interactions between mating system, mate choice, and dispersal in pair-living mammals. Here we genotyped 41 wild individuals from 14 groups of coppery titi monkeys (Plecturocebus cupreus) in Peruvian Amazon using 18 microsatellite loci. Parentage analyses of 18 young revealed no cases of extra-pair paternity, indicating that the study population is mostly genetically monogamous. We did not find evidence for relatedness- or heterozygosity-based mate choice. Despite the lack of evidence for active inbreeding avoidance via mate choice, mating partners were on average not related. We further found that dispersal was not sex-biased, with both sexes dispersing opportunistically over varying distances. Our findings suggest that even opportunistic dispersal, as long as it is not constrained, can generate sufficient genetic diversity to prevent inbreeding. This, in turn, can render active inbreeding avoidance via mate choice and extra-pair copulations less necessary, helping to maintain genetic monogamy.
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- Sofya Dolotovskaya
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Unit, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany. .,Primate Genetics Laboratory, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany.
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- Primate Genetics Laboratory, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany.,Gene Bank of Primates, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany
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- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Unit, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany
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Bonadonna G, Zaccagno M, Torti V, Valente D, De Gregorio C, Randrianarison RM, Tan C, Gamba M, Giacoma C. Intra- and Intergroup Spatial Dynamics of a Pair-Living Singing Primate, Indri indri: A Multiannual Study of Three Indri Groups in Maromizaha Forest, Madagascar. INT J PRIMATOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10764-019-00127-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Huck M, Di Fiore A, Fernandez-Duque E. Of Apples and Oranges? The Evolution of “Monogamy” in Non-human Primates. Front Ecol Evol 2020. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Toyoda A, Malaivijitnond S. The First Record of Dizygotic Twins in Semi-Wild Stump-Tailed Macaques (Macaca arctoides) Tested Using Microsatellite Markers and the Occurrence of Supernumerary Nipples. MAMMAL STUDY 2018. [DOI: 10.3106/ms2017-0081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Aru Toyoda
- Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Aichi 484-8506, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
- National Primate Research Center of Thailand, Chulalongkorn University, Saraburi 18110, Thailand
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Ruiz-Lambides AV, Weiß BM, Kulik L, Widdig A. Which male and female characteristics influence the probability of extragroup paternities in rhesus macaques, Macaca mulatta? Anim Behav 2018; 140:119-127. [PMID: 30455506 PMCID: PMC6238966 DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Abstract
Extragroup paternity (EGP) is found across a wide range of species and may entail reproductive benefits, but may also entail costs to both sexes. While population and group parameters affecting the degree of EGPs are relatively well established, less is known about the individual characteristics that make males and females engage in alternative reproductive tactics such as EGP. Applying a combination of long-term demographic and genetic data from the rhesus macaque population of Cayo Santiago (Puerto Rico, U.S.A.), we investigate which male and female characteristics influence the probability of EGP to better understand the circumstances that shape the distribution and occurrence of EGP. Our results show that, against our expectations, higher-ranking females were more likely to produce EGP offspring than lower- ranking females. The probability of producing extragroup offspring was not significantly related to female or male age, male tenure or previous reproductive success. Furthermore, genetic relatedness between the parents did not affect the production of extragroup offspring, but extragroup offspring were more frequently produced early rather than late in a given mating season. Altogether, our analysis suggests that individual attributes and seasonal aspects create different opportunities and preferences for engaging in EGP as an alternative reproductive tactic. The observed patterns of EGP in rhesus macaques appear to be consistent with female mate choice for genetic benefits, which needs to be confirmed in future studies.
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- Angelina V. Ruiz-Lambides
- Junior Research Group of Primate Kin Selection, Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Behavioral Ecology Research Group, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Bioscience, Pharmacy and Psychology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Cayo Santiago Field Station, Caribbean Primate Research Center, University of Puerto Rico, Punta Santiago, Puerto Rico
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- Junior Research Group of Primate Kin Selection, Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Behavioral Ecology Research Group, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Bioscience, Pharmacy and Psychology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Junior Research Group of Primate Kin Selection, Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Behavioral Ecology Research Group, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Bioscience, Pharmacy and Psychology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Junior Research Group of Primate Kin Selection, Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Behavioral Ecology Research Group, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Bioscience, Pharmacy and Psychology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Dixson A. Copulatory and Postcopulatory Sexual Selection in Primates. Folia Primatol (Basel) 2018; 89:258-286. [DOI: 10.1159/000488105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2017] [Accepted: 03/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Porter AM, Grote MN, Isbell LA, Fernandez-Duque E, Di Fiore A. Delayed Dispersal and Immigration in Equatorial Sakis ( Pithecia aequatorialis): Factors in the Transition from Pair- to Group-Living. Folia Primatol (Basel) 2017; 88:11-27. [DOI: 10.1159/000464147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2016] [Accepted: 02/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Morino L, Borries C. Offspring loss after male change in wild siamangs: the importance of abrupt weaning and male care. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2016; 162:180-185. [DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Revised: 04/22/2016] [Accepted: 08/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Luca Morino
- Department of AnthropologyRutgers UniversityNew Brunswick NJ08901 USA
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- Department of Anthropology and Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological SciencesStony Brook University, SUNYStony Brook NY11794 USA
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Städele V, Vigilant L. Strategies for determining kinship in wild populations using genetic data. Ecol Evol 2016; 6:6107-20. [PMID: 27648229 PMCID: PMC5016635 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2016] [Revised: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Knowledge of kin relationships between members of wild animal populations has broad application in ecology and evolution research by allowing the investigation of dispersal dynamics, mating systems, inbreeding avoidance, kin recognition, and kin selection as well as aiding the management of endangered populations. However, the assessment of kinship among members of wild animal populations is difficult in the absence of detailed multigenerational pedigrees. Here, we first review the distinction between genetic relatedness and kinship derived from pedigrees and how this makes the identification of kin using genetic data inherently challenging. We then describe useful approaches to kinship classification, such as parentage analysis and sibship reconstruction, and explain how the combined use of marker systems with biparental and uniparental inheritance, demographic information, likelihood analyses, relatedness coefficients, and estimation of misclassification rates can yield reliable classifications of kinship in groups with complex kin structures. We outline alternative approaches for cases in which explicit knowledge of dyadic kinship is not necessary, but indirect inferences about kinship on a group- or population-wide scale suffice, such as whether more highly related dyads are in closer spatial proximity. Although analysis of highly variable microsatellite loci is still the dominant approach for studies on wild populations, we describe how the long-awaited use of large-scale single-nucleotide polymorphism and sequencing data derived from noninvasive low-quality samples may eventually lead to highly accurate assessments of varying degrees of kinship in wild populations.
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- Veronika Städele
- Department of PrimatologyMax Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyDeutscher Platz 6D‐04103LeipzigGermany
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- Department of PrimatologyMax Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyDeutscher Platz 6D‐04103LeipzigGermany
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Heymann EW, Ganzhorn JU. History of primate behavioural and ecological field research at the German Primate Center. Primate Biol 2015. [DOI: 10.5194/pb-2-73-2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Abstract. This paper describes the background of the first behavioural and ecological field studies on primates conducted by German primatologists in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Field research by scientists from DPZ started in the middle 1980s at a time when this was not yet considered a major task for DPZ. Establishment of field research became possible due to recommendations from institutional and departmental evaluations and the formation of a working group "Ethology and Ecology", which was later transformed into a department in the 1990s. Since then, field research has gained momentum, and has become part of the research program of other DPZ departments. The DPZ is now unique, as it runs field sites in all major areas of primate distribution. The foresight and support of Hans-Jürg Kuhn during his period as scientific director was seminal and essential for the evolution of primate field research at DPZ.
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Huck M, Fernandez-Duque E, Babb P, Schurr T. Correlates of genetic monogamy in socially monogamous mammals: insights from Azara's owl monkeys. Proc Biol Sci 2014; 281:20140195. [PMID: 24648230 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Understanding the evolution of mating systems, a central topic in evolutionary biology for more than 50 years, requires examining the genetic consequences of mating and the relationships between social systems and mating systems. Among pair-living mammals, where genetic monogamy is extremely rare, the extent of extra-group paternity rates has been associated with male participation in infant care, strength of the pair bond and length of the breeding season. This study evaluated the relationship between two of those factors and the genetic mating system of socially monogamous mammals, testing predictions that male care and strength of pair bond would be negatively correlated with rates of extra-pair paternity (EPP). Autosomal microsatellite analyses provide evidence for genetic monogamy in a pair-living primate with bi-parental care, the Azara's owl monkey (Aotus azarae). A phylogenetically corrected generalized least square analysis was used to relate male care and strength of the pair bond to their genetic mating system (i.e. proportions of EPP) in 15 socially monogamous mammalian species. The intensity of male care was correlated with EPP rates in mammals, while strength of pair bond failed to reach statistical significance. Our analyses show that, once social monogamy has evolved, paternal care, and potentially also close bonds, may facilitate the evolution of genetic monogamy.
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- Maren Huck
- Department of Biological and Forensic Sciences, University of Derby, , Kedleston Road, Derby DE22 1GB, UK, German Primate Centre, , Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany, Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, , 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA, Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral, , Conicet, Corrientes, Argentina
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Barelli C, Mundry R, Heistermann M, Hammerschmidt K. Cues to androgens and quality in male gibbon songs. PLoS One 2013; 8:e82748. [PMID: 24367551 PMCID: PMC3867390 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2013] [Accepted: 10/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Animal vocal signals may provide information about senders and mediate important social interactions like sexual competition, territory maintenance and mate selection. Hence, it is important to understand whether vocal signals provide accurate information about animal attributes or status. Gibbons are non-human primates that produce loud, distinctive and melodious vocalizations resembling more those of birds than of other non-human primates. Wild gibbons are characterized by flexibility in social organization (i.e., pairs and multimale units) as well as in mating system (i.e., monogamy and polyandry). Such features make them a suitable model to investigate whether the physiology (hormonal status) and socio-demographic features find their correspondence in the structure of their songs. By combining male solo song recordings, endocrine outputs using non-invasive fecal androgen measures and behavioral observations, we studied 14 groups (10 pair-living, 4 multimale) of wild white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) residing at Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. We collected a total of 322 fecal samples and recorded 48 songs from 18 adult animals. Our results confirmed inter-individuality in male gibbon songs, and showed a clear correlation between androgen levels and song structures. Gibbons with higher androgen levels produced calls having higher pitch, and similarly adult individuals produced longer calls than senior males. Thus, it is plausible that gibbon vocalizations provide receivers with information about singers' attributes.
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- Claudia Barelli
- Sezione di Biodiversità Tropicale, MUSE - Museo delle Scienze, Trento, Italy
- Reproductive Biology Unit, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany
- * E-mail: (CB); (KH)
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- Department of Primatology and Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany
- * E-mail: (CB); (KH)
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