Mating and Paternity in Blue Monkeys

这项探索性研究的小额赠款将使一名年轻的研究人员能够证明她是否可以利用从猴子粪便中提取的DNA对一组非常有趣的猴子进行亲子关系研究。 因为这项技术非常新，因为还没有一个公开发表的工作来证明它的应用，这项研究必须被认为是冒险和探索性的--然而潜在的回报是非常巨大的。 第二个目标，除了建立她从粪便中提取和验证这些猴子的亲子关系的能力之外，是收集行为数据和现场样本。 这是一个令人兴奋的动物行为学的“尖端”项目。 它还将鼓励一名年轻的女调查员发展自己的事业。

This Small Grant for Exploratory Research will enable a young investigator to prove whether she can feasibly do studies on paternity on a very interesting group of monkeys using DNA derived from their dung. Because the techinque is very new, because there is not yet a published body of work that exemplifies its application, the research must be regarded as risky and exploratory - yet the potential pay-offs are very great. A second objective, beyond the establishment of her abilities to extract and verify paternity for these monkeys from their dung, is to collect behavioral data and field samples. This is an exciting and `cutting-edge` project in animal behavior. It will also encourage a young woman investigator in her development.