Primate population studies at Polonnaruwa. II. Heritability of body measurements in a natural population of toque macaques ( Macaca sinica )
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21079073 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James M Cheverud (0000-0001-7651-863X, Washington University in St. Louis, corresponding author), Wolfgang P J Dittus (0000-0001-7981-3968, Smithsonian Institution) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 145-154 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Primatology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0275-2565 • E-ISSN: 1098-2345 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajp.1350270209 |
| PMID | 31948145 |
| OpenAlex | W2051147070 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 27 |
The heritability of quantitative traits, or the proportion of phenotypic variation due to additive genetic or heritable effects, plays an important role in determining the evolutionary response to natural selection. Most quantitative genetic studies are performed in the laboratory, due to difficulty in obtaining genealogical data in natural populations. Genealogies are known, however, from a unique 20‐year study of toque macaques ( Macaca sinica ) at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. Heritability in this natural population was, therefore, estimated. Twenty‐seven body measurements representing the lengths and widths of the head, trunk, extremities, and tail were collected from 270 individuals. The sample included 172 offspring‐mother pairs from 39 different matrilineal families. Heritabilities were estimated using traditional mother‐offspring regression and maximum likelihood methods which utilize all genealogical relationships in the sample. On the common assumption that environmental (including social) factors affecting morphology were randomly distributed across families, all but two of the traits (25 of 27) were significantly heritable, with an average heritability of 0.51 for the mother‐offspring analysis and 0.56 for the maximum likelihood analysis. Heritability estimates obtained from the two analyses were very similar. We conclude that the Polonnaruwa macaques exhibit a comparatively moderate to high level of heritability for body form. © 1992 Wiley‐Liss, Inc
Additive genetic effects · Biology · Evolutionary biology · Gene · Genetic variants · Genotype · Heritability · Missing heritability problem · Natural population growth · Offspring · Population · Regression · Statistics · Zoology · Animal Behavior and Reproduction · Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior · Demography · Mathematics · Primate Behavior and Ecology · Genetics
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| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2025 (35) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |