Conservation genetics is the use of genetics to understand and mitigate the threats caused
by anthropogenic activities, including habitat loss and fragmentation, wildlife trafficking, and …

Mating with close kin can have considerable negative fitness consequences, which are
expected to result in selective pressure for inbreeding avoidance mechanisms, such as …

Evolutionary theories predict that sibling relationships will reflect a complex balance of
cooperative and competitive dynamics. In most mammals, dispersal and death patterns …

Animals, and mammals in particular, vary widely in their “pace of life,” with some species
living long lives and reproducing infrequently (slow life histories) and others living short lives …

Affiliative social behaviors are linked to fitness components in multiple species. However,
the role of genetic variance in shaping such behaviors remains largely unknown, limiting our …

Affiliative social bonds are linked to fitness components in many social mammals. However,
despite their importance, little is known about how the tendency to form social bonds …

Across taxa, breeding among close relatives is usually avoided because it incurs fitness
costs to offspring. Incest is often averted through the dispersal of either sex from the natal …

Natal dispersal is an important life-history stage influencing individual fitness, social
dynamics of groups and population structure. Understanding factors influencing dispersal is …

Inbreeding (reproduction between relatives) often decreases the fitness of offspring and is
thus expected to lead to the evolution of inbreeding avoidance strategies. Chimpanzees …

Objectives Pregnancy failure represents a major fitness cost for any mammal, particularly
those with slow life histories such as primates. Here, we quantified the risk of fetal loss in …