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Anja Widdig1,2, Lisa Engel2, Angelina Ruiz-Lambides1,2,3
1Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Research Group of Primate Behavioral Ecology, Leipzig, Germany.
American journal of primatology
|October 22, 2024
概括
雄性 rhesus 的繁殖倾斜率高于预测,随着雄性增加而增加,并根据群体大小和性别比例而变化. 母亲等级是出生群体中顶级父亲的关键.
科学领域:
- 灵长类的生殖生态学
- 行为生态学 行为生态学
- 人口遗传学 人口遗传学
背景情况:
- 男性生殖倾斜,男性不平等地分享生殖,在灵长类动物中很常见.
- "动态拉战"模型预测较低的斜率与更多的男性和同步的女性周期.
- 之前的研究应用了各种模型,但这个模型考虑了灵长类动物的社会动态.
研究的目的:
- 为了测试"动态拉战"模型在 rhesus (Macaca mulatta) 中的预测.
- 研究群体大小,性别比率和女性周期同步对生殖倾斜的影响.
- 为了识别男性属性,预测顶尖的 sire 状态.
主要方法:
- 对22个季节的9个 rhesus macaque 群体的长期人口和遗传数据的分析.
- 测试"动态拉战"模型和扩展版本,包括组大小和性别比例.
- 调查男性属性 (例如,母亲等级) 与父亲份额之间的关系.
主要成果:
- rhesus macaques 呈现出低到中等的生殖倾斜,与预测相反;随着更多的雄性,倾斜增加了.
- 生殖倾斜因群体大小和性别比例而异,在男性偏向的群体中增加,在女性偏向的群体中减少.
- 雌性周期同步没有影响生殖倾斜差异;母性等级预测了出生男性的顶级 sire 地位.
结论:
- "动态拉战"模型的预测在 rhesus macaques 中没有得到支持.
- 男性的生殖成功受男性男性竞争之外的因素的影响,包括群体组成和母体等级.
- 未来的研究应该探索灵长类生殖的雌性选择和替代性交配策略.
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