EVOLUTION OF CONCEALED OVULATION IN VERVET MONKEYS (CERCOPITHECUS-AETHIOPS)
EVOLUTION OF CONCEALED OVULATION IN VERVET MONKEYS (CERCOPITHECUS-AETHIOPS)
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DOI：
10.1086/284675
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发表时间：
1987-06-01
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
ANDELMAN, SJ
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作者：
ANDELMAN, SJ
很少有系统的尝试来检验有关现有非人类灵长类动物群体中隐藏排卵或延长性接受能力的功能意义的假设。这里提供的证据表明，雌性黑长尾猴（Cercopithecus aethiops）成功地向雄性隐瞒了排卵时间。关于雌性长尾黑颚猴隐藏排卵的进化优势，考虑了三种假设。由于雌性与众多雄性交配，并且雄性不提供任何亲代投资，因此隐藏排卵不能被视为促进该物种一夫一妻制的适应。有限的证据表明长尾黑颚猴的隐性排卵可能有助于雌性选择年长的雄性作为配偶。然而，由于雌性与数个雄性交配，而且无法在现场确定排卵的确切日期，因此这一假设既不能得到证实，也不能被拒绝。间接证据与隐藏排卵降低了女性及其后代对潜在杀婴男性的脆弱性的观点是一致的。还考虑了这些假设对其他非人类灵长类动物的适用性。这里提出的结果主张采用比较方法。
Few systematic attempts have been undertaken to test hypotheses concerning the functional significance of concealed ovulation or prolonged sexual receptivity in extant populations of nonhuman primates. Here, evidence is presented that female vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) successfully conceal the time of ovulation from males. Three hypotheses are considered concerning the evolutionary advantages of concealed ovulation for vervet females. Since females mate with numerous males and since males do not provide any parental investment, concealed ovulation cannot be considered an adaptation to promote monogamy in this species. Limited evidence indicates that concealed ovulation in vervets may facilitate female choice of older males as mates; however, because females mate with several males and because it was not possible to pinpoint the exact day of ovulation in the field, this hypothesis could be neither confirmed nor rejected. Indirect evidence is consistent with the idea that concealed ovulation reduces the vulnerability of a female and her offspring to potentially infanticidal males. The applicability of these hypotheses to other nonhuman primates is also considered. The results presented here argue for a comparative approach.