Kopp, Gisela H.

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","15"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","Supplement S63"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","American Journal of Physical Anthropology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","31"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","162"],["dc.contributor.author","Fischer, Julia"],["dc.contributor.author","Kopp, Gisela H."],["dc.contributor.author","Dal Pesco, Federica"],["dc.contributor.author","Goffe, Adeelia S."],["dc.contributor.author","Hammerschmidt, Kurt"],["dc.contributor.author","Kalbitzer, Urs"],["dc.contributor.author","Klapproth, Matthias"],["dc.contributor.author","Maciej, Peter"],["dc.contributor.author","Ndao, Ibrahima"],["dc.contributor.author","Patzelt, Annika"],["dc.contributor.author","Zinner, Dietmar"],["dc.date.accessioned","2017-09-07T11:47:09Z"],["dc.date.available","2017-09-07T11:47:09Z"],["dc.date.issued","2017"],["dc.description.abstract","Objectives: Primate social systems are remarkably diverse, and thus play a central role in understanding social evolution, including the biological origin of human societies. Although baboons have been prominently featured in this context, historically little was known about the westernmost member of the genus, the Guinea baboon (Papio papio). Material and Methods:Here, we summarize the findings from the first years of observations at the field site CRP Simenti in the Niokolo Koba National Park in Senegal. Results: Guinea baboons reveal a nested multi-level social organization, with reproductive units comprising one “primary” male, one to several females, young, and occasionally “secondary” males at the base of the society. Three to five units form “parties,” which team up with other parties to form a “gang.” Different gangs have largely overlapping home ranges and agonistic interactions between different parties or gangs are rare. Some but not all strongly socially bonded males are highly related, and population genetic and behavioral evidence indicate female-biased dispersal. Females play an important role in intersexual bond formation and maintenance, and female tenure length varies between a few weeks to several years. Discussion: While the social organization resembles that of hamadryas baboons (P. hamadryas), the social structure differs considerably, specifically in terms of low male aggressiveness and female freedom. Despite substantial differences in social organization and social structure, the acoustic structure of Guinea baboon vocalizations does not differ substantially from that of other baboon taxa. With its multi-level organization, stable bonds between males and females, as well as a high-degree of male-male cooperation and tolerance, Guinea baboons constitute an intriguing model for reconstructing human social evolution."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1002/ajpa.23144"],["dc.identifier.gro","3150636"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/7415"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.relation.issn","0002-9483"],["dc.title","Charting the neglected West: The social system of Guinea baboons"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","no"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","121"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","BMC Evolutionary Biology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","15"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","16"],["dc.contributor.author","Kalbitzer, Urs"],["dc.contributor.author","Roos, Christian"],["dc.contributor.author","Kopp, Gisela H."],["dc.contributor.author","Butynski, Thomas M."],["dc.contributor.author","Knauf, Sascha"],["dc.contributor.author","Zinner, Dietmar"],["dc.contributor.author","Fischer, Julia"],["dc.date.accessioned","2017-09-07T11:47:09Z"],["dc.date.available","2017-09-07T11:47:09Z"],["dc.date.issued","2016"],["dc.description.abstract","BACKGROUND:Aggressive behaviors are an integral part of competitive interactions. There is considerable variation in aggressiveness among individuals both within and among species. Aggressiveness is a quantitative trait that is highly heritable. In modern humans and macaques (Macaca spp.), variation in aggressiveness among individuals is associated with polymorphisms in the serotonergic (5-HT) neurotransmitter system. To further investigate the genetics underlying interspecific variation in aggressiveness, 123 wild individuals from five baboon species (Papio papio, P. hamadryas, P. anubis, P. cynocephalus, and P. ursinus) were screened for two polymorphisms in promoter regions of genes relevant for the 5-HT system (5-HTTLPR and MAOALPR).RESULTS:Surprisingly, despite considerable interspecific variation in aggressiveness, baboons are monomorphic in 5-HTTLPR, except for P. hamadryas, which carries one additional allele. Accordingly, this locus cannot be linked to behavioral variation among species. A comparison among 19 papionin species, including nine species of macaques, shows that the most common baboon allele is similar to the one described for Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus), probably representing the ancestral allele in this tribe. It should be noted that (almost) all baboons live in Africa, but within Macaca only M. sylvanus lives on this continent. Baboons are, however, highly polymorphic in the so-called 'warrior gene' MAOALPR, carrying three alleles. Due to considerable variation in allele frequencies among populations of the same species, this genotype cannot be invoked to explain variation in aggressiveness at the species level.CONCLUSIONS:This study provides another indication that 5-HTTLPR is not related to aggressiveness in primates per se, but may have been under differential selective pressures among taxa and potentially among populations in different geographic regions. The results on MAOALPR alleles in Papio indicate that variation in the metabolism of monoamine neurotransmitters and associated behaviors is more important among populations than among species. We, therefore, propose to compile behavioral data from additional populations of Papio to obtain further insight into the genetics underlying behavioral differences among primate species."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1186/s12862-016-0693-1"],["dc.identifier.gro","3150631"],["dc.identifier.pmid","27287312"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/14035"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/7410"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.relation.issn","1471-2148"],["dc.rights","CC BY 4.0"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"],["dc.subject","5-HT; Baboon; Behavioral genetics; Candidate gene; MAOA-uVNTR; Macaca; Macaque; Neurotransmitter; Primate"],["dc.title","Insights into the genetic foundation of aggression in Papio and the evolution of two length-polymorphisms in the promoter regions of serotonin-related genes (5-HTTLPR and MAOALPR) in Papionini"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","no"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","14740"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","41"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","14745"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","111"],["dc.contributor.author","Patzelt, Annika"],["dc.contributor.author","Kopp, Gisela H."],["dc.contributor.author","Ndao, Ibrahima"],["dc.contributor.author","Kalbitzer, Urs"],["dc.contributor.author","Zinner, Dietmar"],["dc.contributor.author","Fischer, Julia"],["dc.date.accessioned","2017-09-07T11:47:16Z"],["dc.date.available","2017-09-07T11:47:16Z"],["dc.date.issued","2014"],["dc.description.abstract","Male relationships in most species of mammals generally are characterized by intense intrasexual competition, with little bonding among unrelated individuals. In contrast, human societies are characterized by high levels of cooperation and strong bonds among both related and unrelated males. The emergence of cooperative male-male relationships has been linked to the multilevel structure of traditional human societies. Based on an analysis of the patterns of spatial and social interaction in combination with genetic relatedness data of wild Guinea baboons (Papio papio), we show that this species exhibits a multilevel social organization in which males maintain strong bonds and are highly tolerant of each other. Several \"units\" of males with their associated females form \"parties,\" which team up as \"gangs.\" Several gangs of the same \"community\" use the same home range. Males formed strong bonds predominantly within parties; however, these bonds were not correlated with genetic relatedness. Agonistic interactions were relatively rare and were restricted to a few dyads. Although the social organization of Guinea baboons resembles that of hamadryas baboons, we found stronger male-male affiliation and more elaborate greeting rituals among male Guinea baboons and less aggression toward females. Thus, the social relationships of male Guinea baboons differ markedly from those of other members of the genus, adding valuable comparative data to test hypotheses regarding social evolution. We suggest that this species constitutes an intriguing model to study the predictors and fitness benefits of male bonds, thus contributing to a better understanding of the evolution of this important facet of human social behavior."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1073/pnas.1405811111"],["dc.identifier.gro","3150661"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/7442"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.relation.issn","0027-8424"],["dc.subject","ssociation index; fission–fusion; multilevel society; range expansion; social network analysis"],["dc.title","Male tolerance and male-male bonds in a multilevel primate society"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","no"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]