2023-05-26Zeitschriftenartikel
Shared community effects and the non-genetic maternal environment shape cortisol levels in wild chimpanzees
Tkaczynski, Patrick J.; Mafessoni, Fabrizio; Girard-Buttoz, Cédric; Samuni, Liran; Ackermann, Corinne Y.; Fedurek, Pawel; Gomes, Cristina; Hobaiter, Catherine; Löhrich, Therese; Manin, Virgile; Preis, Anna; Valé, Prince D.; Wessling, Erin G.; Wittiger, Livia; Zommers, Zinta; Zuberbuehler, Klaus; Vigilant, Linda; Deschner, Tobias; Wittig, Roman M.; Crockford, Catherine
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 ...