Male-mediated gene flow in patrilocal primates.

BACKGROUND: Many group-living species display strong sex biases in dispersal tendencies. However, gene flow mediated by apparently philopatric sex may still occur and potentially alters population structure. In our closest living evolutionary relatives, dispersal of adult males seems to be precluded...

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Main Authors: Grit Schubert, Colin J Stoneking, Mimi Arandjelovic, Christophe Boesch, Nadin Eckhardt, Gottfried Hohmann, Kevin Langergraber, Dieter Lukas, Linda Vigilant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3128582?pdf=render