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Female mate choice in vervet monkeys ( Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus )
Author(s) -
Keddy Anne C.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
american journal of primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1098-2345
pISSN - 0275-2565
DOI - 10.1002/ajp.1350100204
Subject(s) - cercopithecus aethiops , mate choice , demography , biology , zoology , dominance (genetics) , psychology , developmental psychology , mating , biochemistry , virus , virology , sociology , gene
Female mate choice was examined in a captive group of vervet monkeys ( Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus ). Male‐female interactions were examined under both dyadic and group conditions to determine whether females mate with different males under the two conditions. Results showed that all females preferred to mate with the alpha male under both dyadic and group conditions. Alpha females, however, were more successful than subordinate females in rejecting the sexual solicitations of subordinate males. Thus female dominance status played an important role in determining the degree to which females exercised mate choice.