Genetic correlates of social behaviour in wild chimpanzees: evidence from mitochondrial DNA
- PMID:9299041
- DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0450
Genetic correlates of social behaviour in wild chimpanzees: evidence from mitochondrial DNA
Abstract
This study explored some aspects of chimpanzee social behaviour using mitochondrial DNA sequence data as an index of matrilineal relatedness. The hypothesis tested was that matrilineal relatedness predicts social affiliative preference in wild chimpanzees. Several behavioural measures of individual social preference were examined for chimpanzees from Kanyawara community in Uganda's Kibale Forest. None of the four pairs of strongly affiliative males in this community could have been maternal brothers, since no pair shared the same mitochondrial DNA sequence. Fourteen chimpanzee communities outside Kibale, for which no direct behavioural data were available, were also studied by using communal nesting as a rough index of affiliative preference. Again, chimpanzees that nested together did not tend to be matrilineally related. The results suggest that kin selection is weaker than previously thought as a force promoting intra-community affiliation in chimpanzees.1997The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour
Similar articles
- Male affiliation, cooperation and kinship in wild chimpanzees.Mitani JC, Merriwether DA, Zhang C.Mitani JC, et al.Anim Behav. 2000 Apr;59(4):885-893. doi: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1389.Anim Behav. 2000.PMID:10792944
- Infanticide and cannibalism by male chimpanzees at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda.Watts DP, Mitani JC.Watts DP, et al.Primates. 2000 Oct;41(4):357-365. doi: 10.1007/BF02557646.Primates. 2000.PMID:30545199
- Range use of the forest chimpanzees of Kibale: Implications for the understanding of chimpanzee social organization.Chapman CA, Wrangham RW.Chapman CA, et al.Am J Primatol. 1993;31(4):263-273. doi: 10.1002/ajp.1350310403.Am J Primatol. 1993.PMID:31936990
- Female reproductive strategies, paternity and community structure in wild West African chimpanzees.Gagneux P, Boesch C, Woodruff DS.Gagneux P, et al.Anim Behav. 1999 Jan;57(1):19-32. doi: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0972.Anim Behav. 1999.PMID:10053068
- No evidence of short-term exchange of meat for sex among chimpanzees.Gilby IC, Emery Thompson M, Ruane JD, Wrangham R.Gilby IC, et al.J Hum Evol. 2010 Jul;59(1):44-53. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.02.006. Epub 2010 May 21.J Hum Evol. 2010.PMID:20493515Review.
Cited by
- Wild chimpanzee infant urine and saliva sampled noninvasively usable for DNA analyses.Inoue E, Inoue-Murayama M, Takenaka O, Nishida T.Inoue E, et al.Primates. 2007 Apr;48(2):156-9. doi: 10.1007/s10329-006-0017-y. Epub 2006 Nov 17.Primates. 2007.PMID:17111091
- The limited impact of kinship on cooperation in wild chimpanzees.Langergraber KE, Mitani JC, Vigilant L.Langergraber KE, et al.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 May 8;104(19):7786-90. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0611449104. Epub 2007 Apr 24.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007.PMID:17456600Free PMC article.
- Sexual Differences in Chimpanzee Sociality.Lehmann J, Boesch C.Lehmann J, et al.Int J Primatol. 2008 Feb;29(1):65-81. doi: 10.1007/s10764-007-9230-9. Epub 2008 Jan 17.Int J Primatol. 2008.PMID:19816541Free PMC article.
- How can non-human primates inform evolutionary perspectives on female-biased kinship in humans?Emery Thompson M.Emery Thompson M.Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2019 Sep 2;374(1780):20180074. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0074. Epub 2019 Jul 15.Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2019.PMID:31303156Free PMC article.Review.
- Social bonds provide multiple pathways to reproductive success in wild male chimpanzees.Feldblum JT, Krupenye C, Bray J, Pusey AE, Gilby IC.Feldblum JT, et al.iScience. 2021 Aug 17;24(8):102864. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102864. eCollection 2021 Aug 20.iScience. 2021.PMID:34471859Free PMC article.
LinkOut - more resources
Full Text Sources