Significance of kin relations and individual preferences in the social behaviour of Cebus apella.
Captive tufted capuchins (Cebus apella) formed a group characterized by greater affiliative behaviour within matrilines. Affiliation within the matriline is dependent upon social intimacy during infancy with matriline members. Courtship and mating are not identically distributed: subordinate and subadult males participate in a larger proportion of matings than of courtships. In all these aspects of social behaviour, variability across individuals contributes to the complex dynamics of the social group.
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Kassel University, FRG.
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D000818:Animals; D002427:Cebidae / Q000523:psychology*; D002428:Cebus / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D012919:Social Behavior