Estimates of heritability for reproductive traits in captive rhesus macaque females.

American Journal of Primatology
Christine GagliardiH Michael Kubisch

Abstract

Records from a colony of captive Indian rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) were used to estimate heritability for a number of reproductive traits. Records were based on a total of 7,816 births by 1,901 females from 1979 to 2007. Heritability was estimated with a linear animal model using a multiple trait derivative free REML set of programs. Because no male parents were identified, the numerator relationship matrix contained female kinships established over six generations. Reproductive traits included female age at the birth of the first, second and last infant, age at death, inter-birth intervals, number of infants born per female and infant survival. Heritability for each trait was estimated as the ratio of the additive genetic variance to phenotypic variance adjusted for significant fixed effects. Estimates of heritability for early reproduction ranged from 0.000+/-0.072 for birth interval after the first reproduction to 0.171+/-0.062 for age of female at the first infant. Higher estimates of heritability were found for female longevity [0.325+/-0.143] and for productivity of deceased females born before 1991 [0.221+/-0.138]. Heritability for infant survival ranged from 0.061+/-0.018 for survival from 30 days to 1 year to 0.2...Continue Reading

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