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  • Title: Social group fission and the origin of intergroup genetic differentiation among the rhesus monkeys of Cayo Santiago.
    Author: Cheverud JM, Buettner-Janusch J, Sade D.
    Journal: Am J Phys Anthropol; 1978 Nov; 49(4):449-56. PubMed ID: 104626.
    Abstract:
    The serum transferrin locus is used to investigate the roles of the lineal effect of fission, male migration effect of fission, and genetic drift in causing intergroup genetic differentiation among the rhesus macaques of Cayo Santiago. These three mechanisms prove sufficient to explain the degrees of differentiation between the newly formed social groups A, K, and L as of July 1, 1971. The lineal effect of fission provides a baseline of intergroup differentiation which is altered by forces leading to intragroup genetic change, the male migration effect and genetic drift. The importance of population dynamics for the distribution of alleles among subgroups of a population is recognized.
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