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Joanna M. Setchell† & E. Jean Wickings† 《Ethology : formerly Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie》2006,112(1):91-99
Male primates that attempt to monopolize access to receptive females by mate‐guarding expend time and energy and risk injury, making reproduction costly. Males should therefore show mate choice and preferentially allocate mating effort to females that are likely to be fertile and those that will produce high‐quality offspring. Specifically, males should preferentially mate‐guard high‐ranking females rather than low‐ranking females, as such females are more likely to be fertile and are able to invest more in offspring. Males should also prefer parous females to nullipares, for similar reasons. Finally, males should avoid mating with close relatives, to avoid the deleterious effects of inbreeding. We investigated 13 group‐years of mate‐guarding observations for two semi‐free‐ranging groups of mandrills to examine the influence of these factors on male investment in mate‐guarding. We found that males mate‐guarded higher‐ranking females more than lower‐ranking females, and parous females more than nullipares. Female age, true relatedness and maternal kinship did not influence male mate‐guarding. Our results suggest that male mandrills do exercise mate choice for higher‐quality females, in the form of higher‐ranking and parous females. As alpha males are responsible for the great majority of mate‐guarding, this can lead to assortative mating, where high‐ranking males reproduce with high‐ranking females, and has important implications for social relationships and kin selection. 相似文献
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Setchell Joanna M. Lee Phyllis C. Wickings E. Jean Dixson Alan F. 《International journal of primatology》2002,23(1):51-68
We report on 14 years of reproductive data for semifree-ranging mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) in Gabon, and we explore relationships between female rank, age and parity, and reproductive strategies. Most births (61% of 132) occurred during the wet season in Gabon, between January and March. Female rank and parity were unrelated to the timing of parturition. Gestation lengths average 175 days (SE = ±1 day; N = 61) and were similar irrespective of female rank, parity, or sex of offspring. Birth sex ratio did not differ significantly from unity (52% male), and was unrelated to maternal rank or parity. Stillbirths and neonatal mortality tended to be more common among lower-ranking females than among either mid-ranking or dominant females. Median age at first birth is 4.71 years, at a median body mass of 7.6 kg, ca 5 years before females attain their adult body mass (median 12 kg). Age at first reproduction is significantly correlated with dominance rank, with dominant females giving birth on average 1.3 years earlier than lower-ranking females do. Interbirth intervals (IBI) average 405 days (range 184–1159 days, N = 103), and are independent of the sex of the offspring. Infant death within 6 months shortened IBI to 305 days. Increasing age and parity are also associated with short IBI, as is higher rank. Maternal rank and parity appear to influence reproductive success in female mandrills, but there is no apparent differential maternal investment by sex. 相似文献
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Male dominance and genetically determined reproductive success in the mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Darwin referred to the adult male mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) as the most brightly coloured of all mammals, citing the brilliant red and blue pigmentation of the face, rump, and genitalia
as extreme examples of evolution by sexual selection. Considerable controversy exists concerning possible effects of sexually
selected phenotypes via intermale competition on reproductive success. Behavioural and genetic studies of a large, semi-free
ranging mandrill colony in Gabon have now demonstrated that clear-cut relationships exist between male secondary sexual development,
social dominance, copulatory behaviour, and reproductive success in this primate species. Two morphological variants of adult
male were identified; “fatted” males, with maximum secondary sexual coloration, which occupied dominant positions in the social
group, and “non-fatted” males, with muted secondary sexual adornments, smaller testes and lower plasma testosterone levels,
which lived as peripheral/solitary individuals. DNA fingerprinting analyses on infants born over five successive years showed
that only the two most dominant, fatted males in the group had fathered offspring. Throughout the annual mating season these
males attempted to mate-guard and copulate with females during periods of maximal sexual skin tumescence. Male rank and mating
success were strongly positively related and the alpha male sired 80 – 100% of the resulting offspring during three consecutive
years. Non-fatted adult males and group associated subadult males engaged in infrequent, opportunistic matings and did not
guard females. Loss of alpha status resulted in a fall in reproductive success, but the effect was gradual; the deposed alpha
male continued to father 67% and 25% of infants born during the next two years. Thus, whilst claims that male dominance determines
mating success and paternity in primates have caused considerable debate, these results on mandrills provide unequivocal evidence
for the existence of such effects. 相似文献
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Céline Bret Cédric Sueur Barthélémy Ngoubangoye Delphine Verrier Jean-Louis Deneubourg Odile Petit 《PloS one》2013,8(12)
The difficulty involved in following mandrills in the wild means that very little is known about social structure in this species. Most studies initially considered mandrill groups to be an aggregation of one-male/multifemale units, with males occupying central positions in a structure similar to those observed in the majority of baboon species. However, a recent study hypothesized that mandrills form stable groups with only two or three permanent males, and that females occupy more central positions than males within these groups. We used social network analysis methods to examine how a semi-free ranging group of 19 mandrills is structured. We recorded all dyads of individuals that were in contact as a measure of association. The betweenness and the eigenvector centrality for each individual were calculated and correlated to kinship, age and dominance. Finally, we performed a resilience analysis by simulating the removal of individuals displaying the highest betweenness and eigenvector centrality values. We found that related dyads were more frequently associated than unrelated dyads. Moreover, our results showed that the cumulative distribution of individual betweenness and eigenvector centrality followed a power function, which is characteristic of scale-free networks. This property showed that some group members, mostly females, occupied a highly central position. Finally, the resilience analysis showed that the removal of the two most central females split the network into small subgroups and increased the network diameter. Critically, this study confirms that females appear to occupy more central positions than males in mandrill groups. Consequently, these females appear to be crucial for group cohesion and probably play a pivotal role in this species. 相似文献
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Leigh SR Setchell JM Charpentier M Knapp LA Wickings EJ 《Journal of human evolution》2008,55(1):75-85
Sexual selection theory explains the evolution of exaggerated male morphologies and weaponry, but the fitness consequences of developmental and age-related changes in these features remain poorly understood. This long-term study of mandrill monkeys (Mandrillus sphinx) demonstrates how age-related changes in canine tooth weaponry and adult canine size correlate closely with male lifetime reproductive success. Combining long-term demographic and morphometric data reveals that male fitness covaries simply and directly with canine ontogeny, adult maximum size, and wear. However, fitness is largely independent of other somatometrics. Male mandrills sire offspring almost exclusively when their canines exceed approximately 30 mm, or two-thirds of average adult value (45 mm). Moreover, sires have larger canines than nonsires. The tooth diminishes through wear as animals age, corresponding with, and perhaps influencing, reproductive senescence. These factors combine to constrain male reproductive opportunities to a brief timespan, defined by the period of maximum canine length. Sexually-selected weaponry, especially when it is nonrenewable like the primate canine tooth, is intimately tied to the male life course. Our analyses of this extremely dimorphic species indicate that sexual selection is closely intertwined with growth, development, and aging, pointing to new directions for sexual selection theory. Moreover, the primate canine tooth has potential as a simple mammalian system for testing genetically-based models of aging. Finally, the tooth may record details of life histories in fossil primates, especially when sexual selection has played a role in the evolution of dimorphism. 相似文献
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圈养山魈行为的初步观察 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
2001年1-9月,在成都动物园对人工饲养状态下14(8♀♀6♂♂)只山魈(andrillus sphinx)的行为时间分配进行了研究。用时间取样法记录每10分钟内目标取样法所见动物的各种行为及其频次,通过1806小时的研究表明,山魈主要的日行为是取食、休息、运动三种个体行为,它们分别占日活动时间的22.91%、33.79%、和33.14%;其次为梳理行为,占山魈日活动时间的4.09%;嬉戏行为仅发生在非成年个体间。山魈活动行为(除去休息以外的所有行为)的高峰出现在8:00-10:00、16:00-18:00左右的两个时段。日活动时间集中在7:00-19:00,但在13:00-14:00活动强度明显减弱,有一休息峰出现。 相似文献
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H X Lin T Kleinschmidt G Braunitzer R G?ltenboth 《Biological chemistry Hoppe-Seyler》1988,369(4):209-216
The complete primary structure of the hemoglobin from the Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx, Primates) is presented. This hemoglobin comprises two components in approximately equal amounts (HB I and Hb II). The alpha-chains differ in positions 5 (A3) and 9 (A7) having Ala and Asn in the alpha I-chains and Asp and His in the alpha II-chains. The beta-chains are identical. The components could be separated by DEAE-Sephacel chromatography. The globin chains were obtained by carboxymethylcellulose chromatography or high-performance liquid chromatography. The sequences were established by automatic liquid or gas phase Edman degradation of the chains and their tryptic peptides. The alpha-chains show 9 and 11 and the beta-chains 8 exchanges compared with the corresponding human chains, respectively. In the beta-chains one alpha 1/beta 1- and one alpha 1/beta 2-contact is substituted. A comparison of the primary structures of the Mandrill hemoglobin chains with those of other species of the Cercopithecidae family shows that Mandrillus sphinx should be placed between Cercopithecus and Macaca on one side and Papio, Theropithecus and Cercocebus on the other. 相似文献
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Jill S. Marty James P. Higham Elizabeth L. Gadsby Caroline Ross 《International journal of primatology》2009,30(6):807-823
Sexual selection has driven the evolution and elaboration of a wide variety of displays and ornaments in male nonhuman primates, including capes, cheek flanges, and sexual coloration. Among the most sexually dimorphic of all primates is the drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus), the males of which can be 3 times the mass of females, possess large canines, and exhibit extremely bright sexual skin coloration. However, the function of male coloration in this species has never been examined. Here, we present data on male color (measured objectively using digital photography), dominance rank, measures of male-female association, and key sexual behaviors, of adult male drills (n = 17) living in four semi free-ranging enclosures at the Drill Rehabilitation and Breeding Center in Nigeria. We test the hypothesis that male coloration is a badge of status, indicating dominance rank, and the hypothesis that male coloration attracts females. We found that male coloration did indicate rank, and that high ranking, strongly colored males were more likely to associate with adult females, and more specifically with fully tumescent females. These males also engaged in more sexual activity. However, measures of male-female association and sexual behaviors were not related to male color once rank had been taken into consideration; i.e., for males of a given rank, females did not prefer those that were more colorful. We discuss the results in light of what is known about the wild drill social system, in which unfamiliar individuals may come together in “supergroups,” and in which quality indicators of competitive ability may be particularly important. 相似文献
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Jiro Hoshino 《Primates; journal of primatology》1985,26(3):248-273
A field study on the ecology of mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) was carried out for 28 months in Cameroon. Fresh food remnants and large quantities of fresh feces were collected by following
the groups. Analyses of these products indicated that fruit (including seeds), monocotyledonous plant leaves and insects (especially
ants and termites), were frequently eaten. Mandrills mostly ate the plant and animal foods in the lower forest stratum and
on the ground. Fallen seeds and monocotyledonous plant leaves were eaten more frequently in the minor fruiting season than
in the major fruiting season presumably to compensate for the shortage of fresh fruit during the former. Daily travel distances
were shorter during the minor fruiting season than during the major fruiting season, because in the minor fruiting season
mandrills forage for small food items, such as the new leaves and piths of monocotyledons and fallen seeds which are sparsely
distributed on the ground, while in the major fruiting season they search for widely distributed food such as fruit. The daily
pattern of group movement and a food intake experiment suggest that mandrills move and feed continuously throughout the day.
Use of fallen seeds and monocotyledonous plant leaves appears to enable mandrills to maintain a terrestrial life in the tropical
rain forest. The feeding and ranging characteristics of mandrills are basically similar to those of other baboon species in
open land, though their environments differ extremely. 相似文献
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A field study of mandrill was carried out from 1979 to 1983 in Cameroon for 27 months. Group size of mandrills ranged from
15 to 95 and composition was estimated by direct and indirect observations. The ratio of group size to one adult male was
13.9, larger than other baboon species except the drill. Solitary males were seen. The mandrill may have two types of groups:
one-male and multi-male. The multi-male group was observed to split into subgroups, one of which was sometimes a one-male
group. The multi-male subgroup was assumed to be composed of several one-male groups. The home range area of mandrills was
estimated to be at least 5 km5 to 28 km2. Their large home range size could be related to their characteristic feeding pattern in the forest. 相似文献
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Charpentier M Setchell JM Prugnolle F Wickings EJ Peignot P Balloux F Hossaert-McKey M 《Molecular ecology》2006,15(1):21-28
Inbreeding depression reflects the negative consequences of increased homozygosity at genes that affect fitness. We investigate inbreeding depression in a semi-free-ranging colony of mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx), using high-quality pedigree data, comprising five maternal generations and 20 years of morphological and demographic data. We examine the relationship between inbreeding coefficients and four fitness correlates: two growth parameters (mass and height for age) and longevity in both sexes, and age at first conception in females. Inbreeding was correlated with both growth parameters, but only in females, with inbred females being smaller than noninbred females. Inbreeding was also correlated significantly with age at first conception, with inbred females giving birth earlier in life than noninbred females. We suggest that sex-biased maternal investment may explain this sex-differential response to inbreeding, although the lack of a significant association between inbreeding and growth in males may also be due to the provisioned nature of the colony. The surprising relationship between age at first conception and inbreeding may be related to smaller adult size in inbred females, or to their being less able to escape from male sexual coercion. 相似文献
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Characterization and comparison of recombinant simian immunodeficiency virus from drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus) and mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) isolates
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Hu J Switzer WM Foley BT Robertson DL Goeken RM Korber BT Hirsch VM Beer BE 《Journal of virology》2003,77(8):4867-4880
Since simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) was found to be the source of the human AIDS pandemic, a major goal has been to characterize the diversity of SIV strains in the wild and to assess their potential for crossover into humans. In the present study, SIV was isolated from a seropositive drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus) and three seropositive mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) by using macaque peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Full-length sequences were obtained from a drill and mandrill and designated SIVdrl1FAO and SIVmnd5440, respectively. A 182-bp fragment of the pol genes of the two remaining mandrill SIV isolates was also analyzed. Phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that SIVdrl1FAO formed a monophyletic clade with SIVmnd5440 and SIVmndM14, recently designated SIVmnd type 2. Both the SIVdrl and SIVmnd type 2 genomes carried a vpx gene and appeared to share a common ancestor with SIVrcm in the 5' region of the genome and with SIVmndGB1 (type 1) in the 3' region of the genome. A statistically significant recombination breakpoint was detected at the beginning of envelope, suggesting that the viruses were descendents of the same recombinant. Phylogenetic analysis of vpx and vpr genes demonstrated that the vpx genes formed a monophyletic cluster that grouped with vpr from SIVagm. In addition, both SIVdrl1FAO and SIVmnd5440 replicated in human PBMC and therefore could pose a risk of transmission to the human population. 相似文献
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The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is highly polymorphic in most primate species studied thus far. The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) has been studied extensively and the Mhc-DRB region demonstrates variability similar to humans. The extent of MHC diversity is relatively unknown for other Old World monkeys (OWM), especially among genera other than Macaca. A molecular survey of the Mhc-DRB region in mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) revealed extensive variability, suggesting that other OWMs may also possess high levels of Mhc-DRB polymorphism. In the present study, 33 Mhc-DRB loci were identified from only 13 animals. Eleven were wild-born and presumed to be unrelated and two were captive-born twins. Two to seven different sequences were identified for each individual, suggesting that some mandrills may have as many as four Mhc-DRB loci on a single haplotype. From these sequences, representatives of at least six Mhc-DRB loci or lineages were identified. As observed in other primates, some new lineages may have arisen through the process of gene conversion. These findings indicate that mandrills have Mhc-DRB diversity not unlike rhesus macaques and humans. 相似文献
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Setchell JM Wickings EJ Knapp LA 《Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society》2006,273(1599):2395-2400
Studies of secondary sexual ornamentation and its maintenance by sexual selection tend to focus on males; however, females may also possess showy ornaments. For example, female mandrills possess facial coloration that ranges from black to bright pink. We used fortnightly photographs of 52 semi-free-ranging females aged above 3years over 19 months to evaluate whether colour conveys information concerning female competitive ability, reproductive quality, age or reproductive status. Colour was not related to female rank or quality (body mass index, age at first birth or mean inter-birth interval); however, colour did increase significantly with age and primiparous females were darker than multiparous females. Colour may therefore signal reproductive quality, as younger females are less fertile and produce smaller offspring. Colour was brighter during the follicular phase than during the luteal phase, suggesting that it may signal fertility. Colour also varied across gestation and peaked at four and eight weeks post-parturition, suggesting that it may signal approaching parturition and lactation. Future studies should examine the relationship between colour and the menstrual cycle in more detail, the hormonal basis of female colour, and determine experimentally whether mandrills of both sexes attend to differences in colour between and within females. 相似文献
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Onanga R Souquière S Makuwa M Mouinga-Ondeme A Simon F Apetrei C Roques P 《Journal of virology》2006,80(7):3301-3309
Mandrills are the only nonhuman primate (NHP) naturally infected by two types of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV): SIVmnd-1 and SIVmnd-2. We have already reported that the high SIVmnd-1 replication during primary infection contrasts with only transient changes in CD4+ and CD8+ cell counts. Since early virus-host interactions predict viral control and disease progression in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients, we investigated the dynamics of SIVmnd-2 primary infection in mandrills to examine the impact on immune effectors in blood and lymph nodes (LNs). To avoid in vitro strain selection, all mandrills in this study received plasma from SIVmnd-2-infected mandrills. SIVmnd-2 plasma viremia peaked at 10(7) to 10(8) RNA copies/ml between days 7 and 10. This peak was followed in all four monkeys by a decline in virus replication, with a set point level of 10(5) to 10(6) RNA copies/ml at day 42 postinfection (p.i.). Viral DNA load in PBMC and LNs also peaked between days 7 and 10 (10(5) to 10(6) DNA copies/10(6) cells) and stabilized at 10(3) to 10(4) DNA copies/10(6) cells during the chronic phase. Anti-SIVmnd-2 antibodies were detected starting from days 28 to 32. A transitory decline of CD3+ CD4+ cells in the LNs occurred in animals with high peak VLs. CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell activation in blood and LNs was noted between days 5 and 17 p.i., surrounding the peak of viral replication. This was most significant in the LNs. Activation markers then returned to preinfection values despite continuous and active viral replication during the chronic infection. The dynamics of SIVmnd-2 infection in mandrills showed a pattern similar to that of SIVmnd-1 infection. This might be a general feature of nonpathogenic SIV natural African NHP models. 相似文献
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Shun Hongo Yoshihiro Nakashima Etienne François Akomo-Okoue Fred Loïque Mindonga-Nguelet 《International journal of primatology》2016,37(3):416-437
The correlates of variation in the number of males in primate groups form a long-standing question in primatology. We investigated female reproductive seasonality and the numbers of males in groups of wild mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) in a 25-month camera-trap survey with 160 camera locations in Moukalaba-Doudou National Park, Gabon. We used 1760 videos to analyze group composition, including the presence of females with newborn infants and with sexual swellings, the number of males present in groups, and male spatial positioning in groups. Female reproduction was seasonal, with a peak in the number of newborns in the mid-rainy season and a peak in the number of females with sexual swellings in the early dry season. The number of males in the group increased in the dry season, with a much greater increase in the number of mature males (sevenfold) than in submature males (twofold). The peak number of mature males, but not submature males, in the group lagged significantly behind the peak in the number of females with sexual swellings, suggesting that submature males enter groups before mature males and/or that mature males stay in the group longer after the peak of females with sexual swellings. Mature, but not submature, males appeared frequently near females with sexual swellings. In conclusion, we found a clear relationship between the presence of receptive females and the number of males in the group, and evidence that male competitive ability influences male strategies. 相似文献