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10380680

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1422
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-8-10
pubmed:abstractText
Although the killing of dependent infants by adult males is a widespread phenomenon among primates, its causes and consequences still remain hotly debated. According to the sexual selection hypothesis, infanticidal males will gain a reproductive advantage provided that only unrelated infants are killed and that the males increase their chances of siring the next infants. Alternatively, the social pathology hypothesis interprets infanticide as a result of crowded living conditions and, thus, as not providing any advantage. Based on DNA analyses of wild Hanuman langurs (Presbytis entellus) we present the first evidence that male attackers were not related to their infant victims. Furthermore, in all cases the presumed killers were the likely fathers of the subsequent infants. Our data, therefore, strongly support the sexual selection hypothesis interpreting infanticide as an evolved, adaptive male reproductive tactic.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0962-8452
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
266
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
901-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-13
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
DNA analyses support the hypothesis that infanticide is adaptive in langur monkeys.
pubmed:affiliation
Abteilung Verhaltensforschung und Okologie, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Göttingen, Germany. cborri@www.dpz.gwdg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't