Shared community effects and the non-genetic maternal environment shape cortisol levels in wild chimpanzees

Shared community effects and the non-genetic maternal environment shape cortisol levels in wild chimpanzees

Abstract Mechanisms of inheritance remain poorly defined for many fitness-mediating traits, especially in long-lived animals with protracted development. Using 6,123 urinary samples from 170 wild chimpanzees, we examined the contributions of genetics, non-genetic maternal effects, and shared communi...

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Main Authors: Patrick J. Tkaczynski, Fabrizio Mafessoni, Cédric Girard-Buttoz, Liran Samuni, Corinne Y. Ackermann, Pawel Fedurek, Cristina Gomes, Catherine Hobaiter, Therese Löhrich, Virgile Manin, Anna Preis, Prince D. Valé, Erin G. Wessling, Livia Wittiger, Zinta Zommers, Klaus Zuberbuehler, Linda Vigilant, Tobias Deschner, Roman M. Wittig, Catherine Crockford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-05-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04909-9

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04909-9

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