RHESUS MONKEYS - MATING SEASON MOBILITY OF ADULT MALES

被引:130
作者
LINDBURG, DG
机构
[1] Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis
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10.1126/science.166.3909.1176
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Groups of rhesus monkeys, heretofore described as closed social units, experience a seasonal exchange of a portion of the adult males. Male shifting corresponds with the season of mating, and results in copulation with females of newly joined groups. This pattern is socially disruptive, but provides opportunity for exchange of genetic material between groups of a region.
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