• DOI:10.1046/j.1365-294X.2001.01262.x
Corpus ID: 46604532

Noninvasive paternity assignment in Gombe chimpanzees

@article{Constable2001NoninvasivePA,
  title={Noninvasive paternity assignment in Gombe chimpanzees},
  author={J. L. Constable and M. Ashley and J. Goodall and A. Pusey},
  journal={Molecular Ecology},
  year={2001},
  volume={10}
}

J. L. Constable, M. Ashley, +1 author A. Pusey

Published 2001

Biology, Medicine

Molecular Ecology

The relative success of chimpanzee male mating strategies, the role of male dominance rank and the success of inbreeding avoidance behaviour can only be assessed when paternities are known. We report the probable paternities of 14 chimpanzees included in a long‐term behavioural study of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania. DNA samples were collected noninvasively from shed hair and faeces and genotyped using 13–16 microsatellite loci characterized in… CONTINUE READING

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