The Biology of Paternal Care in Human and Nonhuman Primates

Fernández-Duque, Eduardo; Valeggia, Claudia; Mendoza, Sally P.

doi:10.1146/annurev-anthro-091908-164334

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“…T. belangeri males do not take care of their offspring. A similar behavior is observed in Saimiri, one of only two genera of the Cebidae family without paternal care (39), indicating a possible reversion from the ancestral state (Fig. 1).…”

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Evolutionary pattern in the OXT-OXTR system in primates: Coevolution and positive selection footprints

Vargas-Pinilla

Paixão‐Côrtes

Paré

et al. 2014

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Oxytocin is a nonapeptide involved in a wide range of physiologic and behavioral functions. Until recently, it was believed that an unmodified oxytocin sequence was present in all placental mammals. This study analyzed oxytocin (OXT) in 29 primate species and the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) in 21 of these species. We report here three novel OXT forms in the New World monkeys, as well as a more extensive distribution of a previously described variant (Leu8Pro). In structural terms, these OXTs share the same three low-energy conformations in solution during molecular dynamic simulations, with subtle differences in their side chains. A consistent signal of positive selection was detected in the Cebidae family, and OXT position 8 showed a statistically significant (P = 0.013) correlation with litter size. Several OXTR changes were identified, some of them promoting gain or loss of putative phosphorylation sites, with possible consequences for receptor internalization and desensitization. OXTR amino acid sites are under positive selection, and intramolecular and intermolecular coevolutionary processes with OXT were also detected. We suggest that some New World monkey OXT-OXTR forms can be correlated to male parental care through the increase of cross-reactivity with its correlated vasopressin system.OXT | OXTR | primates | coevolution | behavior

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“…Paternal care seems to have evolved independently at least four times in the radiation of the primate order, one of which is in the Cebidae branch (39). Thus, OXT-8Pro and OXT-3Val-8Pro forms could influence behaviors through increase of affinity, at least with AVPR1a.…”

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Evolutionary pattern in the OXT-OXTR system in primates: Coevolution and positive selection footprints

Vargas-Pinilla

Paixão‐Côrtes

Paré

et al. 2014

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…Flow-diagram of the two main strings of ideas both dubbed the 'socio-ecological model': a model relating to grouping patterns and mating systems [15] and to grouping patterns and female social structure [13]. dispersion of females [52] appears to be the best predictor for pair-living in primates, and permanent association and a monogamous mating system are probably related to the necessity for direct paternal care [53] or infanticide avoidance [38,54]. In these cases, the spatial dispersion of females seems to be determined by either the anti-predator benefits of crypsis (as in many small-bodied primates [33]), the dependence on non-divisible resources [55] or a low abundance of large resources [49].…”

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Variation in grouping patterns, mating systems and social structure: what socio-ecological models attempt to explain

Koenig

Scarry

Wheeler

et al. 2013

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Socio-ecological models aim to predict the variation in social systems based on a limited number of ecological parameters. Since the 1960s, the original model has taken two paths: one relating to grouping patterns and mating systems and one relating to grouping patterns and female social structure. Here, we review the basic ideas specifically with regard to non-human primates, present new results and point to open questions. While most primates live in permanent groups and exhibit female defence polygyny, recent studies indicate more flexibility with cooperative male resource defence occurring repeatedly in all radiations. In contrast to other animals, the potential link between ecology and these mating systems remains, however, largely unexplored. The model of the ecology of female social structure has often been deemed successful, but has recently been criticized. We show that the predicted association of agonistic rates and despotism (directional consistency of relationships) was not supported in a comparative test. The overall variation in despotism is probably due to phylogenetic grade shifts. At the same time, it varies within clades more or less in the direction predicted by the model. This suggests that the model's utility may lie in predicting social variation within but not across clades.

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“…Although rare, paternal care (e.g., male-infant affiliation and the selective support of offspring in agonistic interactions) in many cercopithecine species have been documented (Buchan et al 2003, Fernandez-Duque et al 2009, Langos et al 2013). Multiple-mating by promiscuous females, however, masks paternity certainty (Soulsbury 2010), which consequently could obscure the true paternal care (Buchan et al 2003, Widdig 2007.…”

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Establishment of a microsatellite set for noninvasive paternity testing in free-ranging Macaca mulatta tcheliensis in Mount Taihangshan area, Jiyuan, China

Wang

Tian

et al. 2015

Zool. Stud.

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Background: Within multi-male and multi-female mammalian societies, paternity assignment is crucial for evaluating male reproductive success, dominance hierarchy, and inbreeding avoidance. It is, however, difficult to determine paternity because of female promiscuity during reproduction. Noninvasive molecular techniques (e.g., fecal DNA) make it possible to match the genetic father to his offspring. In the current study, a troop of free-ranging Taihangshan macaques (Macaca mulatta tcheliensis) in Mt. Taihangshan area, Jiyuan, China, was selected for studying the paternity. We successfully screened a set of microsatellite loci from fecal DNA and evaluated the efficiency of these loci for paternity testing using clearly recorded data of maternity. Results:The results showed that: 1) ten loci out of 18 candidate microsatellite loci were amplified successfully in the fecal samples of Taihangshan macaques. The error probability in maternity assignments and paternity testing was very low as indicated by their power of discrimination (0.70 to 0.95), power of exclusion (0.43 to 0.84), and the values of polymorphic information content ranging from 0.52 to 0.82; 2) the combined probability of exclusion in paternity testing for ten qualified loci was as high as 99.999%, and the combined probability of exclusion reached 99.99% when the seven most polymorphic loci were adopted; 3) the offspring were assigned to their biological mother correctly and also matched with their genetic father. Conclusions:We concluded that the ten polymorphic microsatellite loci, especially a core set of seven most polymorphic loci, provided an effective and reliable tool for noninvasive paternity testing in free-ranging rhesus macaques.

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The Biology of Paternal Care in Human and Nonhuman Primates

Cited by 179 publications

References 128 publications

Evolutionary pattern in the OXT-OXTR system in primates: Coevolution and positive selection footprints

Evolutionary pattern in the OXT-OXTR system in primates: Coevolution and positive selection footprints

Variation in grouping patterns, mating systems and social structure: what socio-ecological models attempt to explain

Establishment of a microsatellite set for noninvasive paternity testing in free-ranging Macaca mulatta tcheliensis in Mount Taihangshan area, Jiyuan, China

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