Huffman M A
Department of Zoology, Kyoto University, Japan.
Folia Primatol (Basel). 1992;59(2):77-88. doi: 10.1159/000156645.
The immediate effects of female partner preference on male mating behaviors and its potential influence on male reproductive success and conception in the Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) were analyzed. Although male dominance interactions probably led to low-ranking males having more single-day consortships and high-ranking males more multi-day consortships, dominant males were unable to prevent females from mating with preferred subordinate males. Ultimately, there was no marked difference in the number of estimated offspring sired. Females chose not to mate with certain males and actively mated with others, suggesting that female partner preferences do affect conception. Evidence for this was found in paternity estimates, which reflected observed preferences for particular middle-ranking young adult males.
分析了雌性配偶偏好对雄性日本猕猴（Macaca fuscata）交配行为的直接影响及其对雄性繁殖成功率和受孕的潜在影响。尽管雄性间的支配性互动可能导致低等级雄性有更多单日配偶关系，高等级雄性有更多多日配偶关系，但优势雄性无法阻止雌性与偏好的从属雄性交配。最终，在估计的后代数量上没有显著差异。雌性选择不与某些雄性交配，并主动与其他雄性交配，这表明雌性配偶偏好确实会影响受孕。在亲子鉴定中发现了这方面的证据，其反映了对特定中等等级年轻成年雄性的观察到的偏好。
