Female mounting in Japanese macaques : proximate and ultimate perspectives on non-conceptive sex
dc.contributor.author | Ottenheimer Carrier, Lydia | |
dc.contributor.supervisor | Vasey, Paul L. | |
dc.contributor.supervisor | Leca, Jean-Baptiste | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-05T19:56:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-05-05T19:56:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.degree.level | Masters | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Japanese macaques are unique in their sexual behaviour, adult females perform both female-female and female-male mounting. Female-male mounting is hypothesized to be adaptive, and female-female mounting is a functionless by-product of this adaptation. In this thesis, the proximate and ultimate forces behind both forms of mounting were explored using Eshkol-Wachman Movement Notation. In Chapter 2, the hypothesized adaptive value of female-male mounting was supported, as female-male mounts were related to greater subsequent male-female mounting. Additionally, the majority of female-male mounts were female-initiated, and males stood to be mounted in response to both ambiguous cues and explicit signals put out by females. In Chapter 3, the phylogenetic relatedness of female-male and female-female mounting was investigated by comparing the limb positions employed by mounters during both behaviours. Female-male and female-female mounters did not differ in the limb positions used during mounts, providing support for the hypothesized evolutionary link between the two. | en_US |
dc.embargo | No | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10133/3675 | |
dc.language.iso | en_CA | en_US |
dc.proquest.subject | 0602 | en_US |
dc.proquest.subject | 0412 | en_US |
dc.proquestyes | Yes | en_US |
dc.publisher | Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Psychology | en_US |
dc.publisher.department | Department of Psychology | en_US |
dc.publisher.faculty | Arts and Science | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Thesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science) | en_US |
dc.subject | female-female mounting | en_US |
dc.subject | female-male mounting | en_US |
dc.subject | Japanese macaques | en_US |
dc.subject | limb positions | en_US |
dc.subject | mounting behaviour | en_US |
dc.title | Female mounting in Japanese macaques : proximate and ultimate perspectives on non-conceptive sex | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |