Selection and the Transferrin Polymorphism in Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatto)
- 8 February 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Brill in Folia Primatologica
- Vol. 37 (1-2) , 127-136
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000156025
Abstract
Rates of survival, infant growth and fertility of rhesus monkeys with two, one and no C allele(s) at the transferrin locus are compared. Infants with no C allele experience slower growth rates than animals with either one or two C allele(s). While heterozygous females exhibit the highest infant growth rates among females, their fertility is lower and incidence of abortions and stillbirths is higher than for females with two or no C alleles. It is hypothesized that opposing directions of selection at different life-cycle stages maintain a stable equilibrium at the transferrin locus.Keywords
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