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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Inbreeding depression in non-human primates: A historical review of methods used and empirical data
American Journal of Primatology, Volume 69, No. 12, Year 2007
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Offspring born to related parents may show reduced fitness due to inbreeding depression. Although evidence of inbreeding depression has accumulated for a variety of taxa during the past two decades, such analyses remain rare for primate species, probably because of their long generation time. However, inbreeding can have important fitness costs and is likely to shape life-history traits in all living species. As a consequence, selection should have favored inbreeding avoidance via sex-biased dispersal, extra-group paternity, or kin discrimination. In this paper, we review empirical studies on the effects of inbreeding on fitness traits or fitness correlates in primate species. In addition, we report the methods that have been used to detect inbreeding in primate populations, and their development with the improvement of laboratory techniques. We focus particularly on the advantages and disadvantages using microsatellite loci to detect inbreeding. Although the genetic data that are typically available (partial pedigrees, use of microsatellite heterozygosity as an estimate of genomewide inbreeding) tend to impose constraints on analyses, we encourage primatologists to explore the potential effects of inbreeding if they have access to even partial pedigrees or genetic information. Such studies are important because of both the value of basic research in inbreeding depression in the wild and the conservation issues associated with inbreeding, particularly in threatened species, which include more than half of the currently living primate species. © 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Charpentier, Marie J.E.
United States, Durham
Duke University
France, Montpellier
Centre D’ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive
Widdig, Anja
United States, Durham
Duke University
Germany, Leipzig
Max-planck-institut Für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
Puerto Rico, Sabana Seca
Caribbean Primate Research Center Sabana Seca
Alberts, Susan C.
United States, Durham
Duke University
Kenya, Nairobi
National Museums of Kenya
Statistics
Citations: 48
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/ajp.20445
ISSN:
02752565
e-ISSN:
10982345
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Health System And Policy
Mental Health