Paternity and kinship patterns in polyandrous moustached tamarins (Saguinus mystax)

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ID20539331
AutoresMaren Huck (0000-0002-7740-3903, German Primate Center, autor correspondente), Petra Löttker (University of Münster), Uta-Regina Böhle, Eckhard W Heymann (0000-0002-4259-8018, German Primate Center)
Ano2005
Volume127
Fascículo4
Páginas449-464
Data de publicação2005-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.20136
PMID15624210
OpenAlexW1976315726
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas33
Referências citadas47

We studied patterns of genetic relatedness and paternity in moustached tamarins, small Neotropical primates living in groups of 1-4 adult males and 1-4 adult females. Generally only one female per group breeds, mating with more than one male. Twin birth are the norm. In order to examine the genetic consequences of this mating pattern, DNA was extracted from fecal samples collected from two principal and six neighboring groups. DNA was characterized at twelve microsatellite loci (average: seven alleles/locus). We addressed the following questions: Do all adult males have mating access to the reproductive female of the group? How is paternity distributed across males in a group? Can polyandrous mating lead to multiple paternity? Are nonparental animals more closely related to the breeders than to the population mean? And, are mating partners unrelated? Breeding females mated with all nonrelated males. In at least one group the father of the older offspring did not sire the youngest infant although he was still resident in the group. We also found evidence for multiple paternity in a supposed twin pair. Yet, within each group the majority (67-100%) of infants had the same father, suggesting reproductive skew. Relatedness within groups was generally high (average R = 0.31), although both nonrelated males and females occurred, i.e., immigrations of both sexes are possible. Mating partners were never found to be related, hence inbreeding seems to be uncommon. The results suggest that while the social mating system is polyandry, paternity is often monopolized by a single male per group

Biology · Inbreeding · Inbreeding avoidance · Kinship · Mate choice · Mating · Mating system · Offspring · Polygyny · Population · Pregnancy · Zoology · Animal Behavior and Reproduction · Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior · Demography · Genetics · Primate Behavior and Ecology