Department of Anthropology and California Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis.
Am J Primatol. 1981;1(1):83-90. doi: 10.1002/ajp.1350010110.
The paternity of 202 of 220 offspring of rhesus monkeys housed in six separate half-acre field cages at the California Primate Research Center was determined by genetic marker techniques. Reproductive success of the adult males was statistically significantly correlated (r = 0.76, P <0.0005) with rank. Marked systematic changes in reproductive success were, however, observed for two adult males during the three years covered by this study. Based upon these results and those of another study, it is argued that changes in rank position typically follow, rather than precede, changes in reproductive success.
加利福尼亚州灵长类动物研究中心的六间半英亩野外围场中饲养了 220 只恒河猴，通过遗传标记技术对其中 202 只幼猴的亲子关系进行了鉴定。雄性成年个体的繁殖成功率与等级呈显著正相关（r=0.76，P<0.0005）。然而，在本研究涵盖的三年中，观察到两名成年雄性个体的繁殖成功率发生了明显的系统变化。基于这些结果和另一项研究的结果，可以得出结论，等级地位的变化通常是在繁殖成功率变化之后而不是之前发生的。
