Being top baboon costs males their longevity

ScienceDaily
Apr 6, 2021, 12:07 pm132 pts
A male baboon's social dominance requires constant physical defense and leaves its mark on his genes. Tracing the activity of 500 methylation sites on the baboon genome, a team of researchers working with the famous Amboseli baboon troop has found that the dominant males trade longevity for fecundity. The…

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