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Paternity and Social Rank in Wild Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) from the Budongo Forest, Uganda

Newton-Fisher, Nicholas E., Emery Thompson, Melissa, Reynolds, Vernon, Boesch, Christophe, Vigilant, Linda (2010) Paternity and Social Rank in Wild Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) from the Budongo Forest, Uganda. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 142 (3). pp. 417-428. ISSN 0002-9483. (doi:10.1002/ajpa.21241) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:27811)

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Abstract

We analyzed patterns of paternity and male dominance rank in the Sonso community of wild East African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in the Budongo Forest, Uganda. Our major objective was to determine whether and how social rank influenced paternity success. We successfully genotyped 52 individuals at up to nine microsatellite loci, using DNA extracted from fecal samples. Of 24 offspring analyzed, we identified sires for 21. Paternity success was significantly correlated with social rank, with alpha males siring a disproportionate number of offspring. However, both middle- and low-ranking males also fathered offspring, and the priority-of-access model provided a relatively poor prediction of which males would be successful and under what circumstances. The concentration of paternities among only 7 males and the tendency for high-ranking males to sire offspring of multiparous females suggest that both individual variation in male quality and the resource value of particular females may be mediating factors. In comparison with other chimpanzee studies, our results support the hypothesis that larger male cohort size reduces the ability of the alpha male to monopolize females, though within our study, male number did not affect the success of the alpha. Successful sires were not necessarily those who achieved the highest mating success with the females whose offspring they sired, but were those who demonstrated higher investment by spending significantly more time in association with these females. Finally, we estimate extra-group paternity at 0-5%, supporting other evidence that the community serves as the primary reproductive unit in chimpanzees. Am J Phys Anthropol 142:417-428, 2010. (C) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1002/ajpa.21241
Uncontrolled keywords: genotyping reproductive success male reproductive strategies priority of access kibale-national-park male savanna baboons female reproductive status west-african chimpanzees dominance rank sperm competition sexual-behavior mating success rhesus-monkeys macaca-fascicularis
Subjects: Q Science > QL Zoology
Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation
Depositing User: Nicholas Newton-Fisher
Date Deposited: 26 May 2011 14:38 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:06 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/27811 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Newton-Fisher, Nicholas E..

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