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Primate population structure: Evaluation of models
Author(s) -
Harpending Henry,
Cowan Suzanne
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330700111
Subject(s) - endogamy , gene flow , population , primate , population structure , evolutionary biology , demography , effective population size , census , genetic drift , mating , biology , geography , zoology , ecology , genetic variation , sociology
Genetic markers among macaques on Cayo Santiago island were analyzed in an attempt to infer aspects of mating structure. Several models that included high levels of gene flow among groups could not be distinguished, but the data are clearly incompatible with group endogamy and with high variance in male fitness. Drift effective size is approximately one half census size in this population.