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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Genetic heterozygosity and sociality in a primate species
Behavior Genetics, Volume 38, No. 2, Year 2008
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The relationship between an individual's genotype and its phenotype is a central issue in biology, but one that is largely unexplored for the important phenotype of complex social behavior. Here we examine the relationship between heterozygosity and social behavior among unrelated adult female rhesus macaques living on the island of Cayo Santiago (Puerto Rico). We show that female macaques with lower mean neutral heterozygosity were discriminated against by their unrelated conspecifics: less heterozygous females received aggressive behavior at higher rates and received affiliation at lower rates than more heterozygous females. We demonstrate that these results are likely due to local genomic effects associated with particular microsatellite loci. Our study suggests that genetic characteristics can impact the way an individual experiences its social environment and that female macaques that are homozygous at two microsatellite loci appear to be less attractive social partners based on grooming and aggression received by unrelated conspecifics. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
Authors & Co-Authors
Charpentier, Marie J.E.
United States, Durham
Duke University
France, Montpellier
Centre D’ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive
Prugnolle, Franck
France, Montpellier
Ird Centre de Montpellier
Gimenez, Olivier
France, Montpellier
Centre D’ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive
United Kingdom, St Andrews
University of st Andrews
Widdig, Anja
Germany, Leipzig
Max-planck-institut Für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
Puerto Rico, Sabana Seca
Caribbean Primate Research Center Sabana Seca
Statistics
Citations: 45
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s10519-008-9191-6
ISSN:
00018244
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Participants Gender
Female