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Linda Vigilant

Group Leader

Department of Primate Behavior and Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig

phone: +49 (0) 341 3550 222
e-mail: vigilant@[>>> Please remove the text! <<<]eva.mpg.de

Background and interests
Curriculum Vitae
Publications

Background and interests

I use genetic analyses to address questions on the evolution of humans and other primates, particularly the great apes. I began my career working on the evolution of mitochondrial DNA in human populations. At the MPI-EVA, I have had the opportunity to work collaboratively with field researchers studying primate social behavior.

Recently I have become interested in using large-scale sequencing approaches for understanding the long-term histories of primate populations and seeing the effects of high variance in male reproductive success on patterns of genomic variation.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

University of California, Berkeley, California
Genetics, 1986-1990, PhD

Chemical Biology, 1982-1986, B.S. with High Honors
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 

Professional Positions

January 1999 to presentResearch Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Dept of Primatology.
Research area:  Genetic analysis of wild primate populations.
 
September 1992 to May 1994 and
September 1997 to December 1998
Research Associate, Penn State University, Dept. of Anthropology.
Research area:  Molecular evolution of human populations.
 
September 1990 to August 1992Postdoctoral fellow, Penn State University, Dept. of Anthropology.
Research area: Molecular evolution of human populations in Africa.
 
September 1986 to August 1990Graduate student in Genetics Department, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley.
Research area: human mitochondrial DNA variation and evolution in Africa.

Scholastic Service

American Journal of Primatology: Review Editor,  2014- present.

International Journal of Primatology: Editorial board, 2003-2015.

American Journal of Physical Anthropology: Associate Editor, 2006-2010.

Primates: Associate Editor, 2007-2017.

Primate Biology: Topical Editor, 2014- present

Publications

Articles

Reddy, R. B., Samuni, L., Städele, V., Vigilant, L., & Surbeck, M. (2024). Maternal conflict intervention is more frequent in chimpanzee compared to bonobo development. Animal Behaviour, 208, 127-136.
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White, L. C., Städele, V., Ramirez Amaya, S., Langergraber, K., & Vigilant, L. (2024). Female chimpanzees avoid inbreeding even in the presence of substantial bisexual philopatry. Royal Society Open Science, 11(1): 230967.
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Tkaczynski, P. J., Mafessoni, F., Girard-Buttoz, C., Samuni, L., Ackermann, C. Y., Fedurek, P., Gomes, C., Hobaiter, C., Löhrich, T., Manin, V., Preis, A., Valé, P. D., Wessling, E. G., Wittiger, L., Zommers, Z., Zuberbuehler, K., Vigilant, L., Deschner, T., Wittig, R. M., & Crockford, C. (2023). Shared community effects and the non-genetic maternal environment shape cortisol levels in wild chimpanzees. Communications Biology, 6(1): 565.
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Mouginot, M., Cheng, L., Wilson, M. L., Feldblum, J. T., Städele, V., Wroblewski, E. E., Vigilant, L., Hahn, B. H., Li, Y., Gilby, I. C., Pusey, A. E., & Surbeck, M. (2023). Reproductive inequality among males in the genus Pan. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 378(1883): 20220301.
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Péter, H., Laporte, M., Newton-Fisher, N. E., Reynolds, V., Samuni, L., Soldati, A., Vigilant, L., Villioth, J., Graham, K. E., Zuberbühler, K., & Hobaiter, C. (2022). Recognition of visual kinship signals in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) by humans (Homo sapiens). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 136(4).
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Ellis, S., Johnstone, R. A., Cant, M. A., Franks, D. W., Weiss, M. N., Alberts, S. C., Balcomb, K. C., Benton, C. H., Brent, L. J. N., Crockford, C., Davidian, E., Delahay, R. J., Ellifrit, D. K., Höner, O. P., Meniri, M., McDonald, R. A., Nichols, H. J., Thompson, F. J., Vigilant, L., Wittig, R. M., & Croft, D. P. (2022). Patterns and consequences of age-linked change in local relatedness in animal societies. Nature Ecology & Evolution.
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Grebe, N. M., Hirwa, J. P., Stoinski, T. S., Vigilant, L., & Rosenbaum, S. (2022). Mountain gorillas maintain strong affiliative biases for maternal siblings despite high male reproductive skew and extensive exposure to paternal kin. eLife, 11.
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Fontsere, C., Kuhlwilm, M., Morcillo-Suarez, C., Alvarez-Estape, M., Lester, J. D., Gratton, P., Schmidt, J. M., Dieguez, P., Aebischer, T., Álvarez-Varona, P., Agbor, A., Angedakin, S., Assumang, A. K., Ayimisin, A. E., Bailey, E., Barubiyo, D., Bessone, M., Carretero-Alonso, A., Chancellor, R., Cohen, H., Danquah, E., Deschner, T., Dunn, A., Dupain, J., Egbe, V. E., Feliu, O., Goedmakers, A., Granjon, A.-C., Head, J. S., Hedwig, D., Hermans, V., Hernandez-Aguilar, R. A., Imong, I., Jones, S., Junker, J., Kadam, P., Kaiser, M., Kambere, M., Vyalengerera, M. K., Kalan, A. K., Kienast, I., Kujirakwinja, D., Langergraber, K., Lapuente, J., Larson, B., Laudisoit, A., Lee, K., Llana, M., Llorente, M., Marrocoli, S., Morgan, D., Mulindahabi, F., Murai, M., Neil, E., Nicholl, S., Nixon, S., Normand, E., Orbell, C., Ormsby, L. J., Pacheco, L., Piel, A., Riera, L., Robbins, M. M., Rundus, A., Sanz, C., Sciaky, L., Sommer, V., Stewart, F. A., Tagg, N., Tédonzong, L. R., Ton, E., van Schijndel, J., Vergnes, V., Wessling, E. G., Willie, J., Wittig, R. M., Yuh, Y. G., Yurkiw, K., Zuberbuehler, K., Hecht, J., Vigilant, L., Boesch, C., Andrés, A. M., Hughes, D. A., Kühl, H. S., Lizano, E., Arandjelovic, M., & Marques-Bonet, T. (2022). Population dynamics and genetic connectivity in recent chimpanzee history. Cell Genomics, 2(6): 100133.
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Städele, V., Arandjelovic, M., Nixon, S., Bergl, R. A., Bradley, B. J., Breuer, T., Cameron, K. N., Guschanski, K., Head, J., Kyungu, J. C., Masi, S., Morgan, D. B., Reed, P., Robbins, M. M., Sanz, C., Smith, V., Stokes, E. J., Thalmann, O., Todd, A., & Vigilant, L. (2022). The complex Y-chromosomal history of gorillas. American Journal of Primatology, 84(3): e23363.
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Barratt, C. D., Lester, J. D., Gratton, P., Onstein, R. E., Kalan, A. K., McCarthy, M., Bocksberger, G., White, L. C., Vigilant, L., Dieguez, P., Abdulai, B., Aebischer, T., Agbor, A., Assumang, A. K., Bailey, E., Bessone, M., Buys, B., Carvalho, J. S., Chancellor, R., Cohen, H., Danquah, E., Deschner, T., Dongmo, Z. N., Doumbé, O. A., Dupain, J., Duvall, C. S., Eno‐Nku, M., Etoga, G., Galat‐Luong, A., Garriga, R., Gatti, S., Ghiurghi, A., Goedmakers, A., Granjon, A.-C., Hakizimana, D., Head, J. S., Hedwig, D., Herbinger, I., Hermans, V., Jones, S., Junker, J., Kadam, P., Kambi, M., Kienast, I., Kouakou, C. Y., N′Goran, K. P., Langergraber, K. E., Lapuente, J., Laudisoit, A., Lee, K., Maisels, F., Mirghani, N., Moore, D., Morgan, B., Morgan, D., Neil, E., Nicholl, S., Nkembi, L., Ntongho, A., Orbell, C., Ormsby, L. J., Pacheco, L., Piel, A. K., Pintea, L., Plumptre, A. J., Rundus, A., Sanz, C., Sommer, V., Sop, T., Stewart, F. A., Sunderland‐Groves, J., Tagg, N., Todd, A., Ton, E., Schijndel, J., VanLeeuwe, H., Vendras, E., Welsh, A., Wenceslau, J. F. C., Wessling, E. G., Willie, J., Wittig, R. M., Yoshihiro, N., Yuh, Y. G., Yurkiw, K., Boesch, C., Arandjelovic, M., & Kühl, H. S. (2021). Quantitative estimates of glacial refugia for chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) since the Last Interglacial (120,000 BP). American Journal of Primatology, 83(10): e23320.
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Städele, V., Vigilant, L., Strum, S. C., & Silk, J. B. (2021). Extended male–female bonds and potential for prolonged paternal investment in a polygynandrous primate (Papio anubis). Animal Behaviour, 174, 31-40.
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Lester, J. D., Vigilant, L., Gratton, P., McCarthy, M. S., Barratt, C. D., Dieguez, P., Agbor, A., Álvarez-Varona, P., Angedakin, S., Ayimisin, A. E., Bailey, E., Bessone, M., Brazzola, G., Chancellor, R., Cohen, H., Danquah, E., Deschner, T., Egbe, V. E., Eno-Nku, M., Goedmakers, A., Granjon, A.-C., Head, J., Hedwig, D., Hernandez-Aguilar, R. A., Jeffery, K. J., Jones, S., Junker, J., Kadam, P., Kaiser, M., Kalan, A. K., Kehoe, L., Kienast, I., Langergraber, K. E., Lapuente, J., Laudisoit, A., Lee, K., Marrocoli, S., Mihindou, V., Morgan, D., Muhanguzi, G., Neil, E., Nicholl, S., Orbell, C., Ormsby, L. J., Pacheco, L., Piel, A., Robbins, M. M., Rundus, A., Sanz, C., Sciaky, L., Siaka, A. M., Städele, V., Stewart, F., Tagg, N., Ton, E., van Schijndel, J., Vyalengerera, M. K., Wessling, E. G., Willie, J., Wittig, R. M., Yuh, Y. G., Yurkiw, K., Zuberbuehler, K., Boesch, C., Kühl, H. S., & Arandjelovic, M. (2021). Recent genetic connectivity and clinal variation in chimpanzees. Communications Biology, 4: 283.
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Reddy, R. B., Langergraber, K. E., Sandel, A. A., Vigilant, L., & Mitani, J. C. (2021). The development of affiliative and coercive reproductive tactics in male chimpanzees. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288(1942): 20202679.
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McCarthy, M., Lester, J. D., Cibot, M., Vigilant, L., & McLennan, M. (2020). Atypically high reproductive skew in a small wild chimpanzee community in a human-dominated landscape. Folia Primatologica, 91(6), 688-696.
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Crockford, C., Samuni, L., Vigilant, L., & Wittig, R. M. (2020). Postweaning maternal care increases male chimpanzee reproductive success. Science Advances, 6(38): eaaaz5746.
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Muller, M. N., Jones, B., G., N., Colchero, F., Thompson, M. E., Enigk, D. K., Feldblum, J. T., Hahn, B. H., Langergraber, K. E., Scully, E. J., Vigilant, L., Walker, K. K., Wrangham, R. W., Wroblewski, E. E., & Pusey, A. E. (2020). Sexual dimorphism in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) and human age-specific fertility. Journal of Human Evolution, 144: 102795.
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Silk, J. B., Städele, V., Roberts, E. K., Vigilant, L., & Strum, S. C. (2020). Shifts in male reproductive tactics over the life course in a polygynandrous mammal. Current Biology, 30(9): e3, pp. 1716-1720.
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Granjon, A.-C., Robbins, M. M., Arinaitwe, J., Cranfield, M. R., Eckardt, W., Mburanumwe, I., Musana, A., Robbins, A. M., Roy, J., Sollmann, R., Vigilant, L., & Hickey, J. R. (2020). Estimating abundance and growth rates in a wild mountain gorilla population. Animal Conservation, 23(4), 455-465.
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Hagemann, L., Arandjelovic, M., Robbins, M. M., Deschner, T., Lewis, M., Froese, G., Boesch, C., & Vigilant, L. (2019). Long-term inference of population size and habitat use in a socially dynamic population of wild western lowland gorillas. Conservation Genetics, 20(6), 1303-1314.
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Maibach, V., Langergraber, K., Leendertz, F. H., Wittig, R. M., & Vigilant, L. (2019). Differences in MHC-B diversity and KIR epitopes in two populations of wild chimpanzees. Immunogenetics, 71(10), 617-633.
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de Groot, N. G., Otting, N., Maccari, G., Robinson, J., Hammond, J. A., Blancher, A., Lafont, B. A. P., Guethlein, L. A., Wroblewski, E. E., Marsh, S. G. E., Shiina, T., Walter, L., Vigilant, L., Parham, P., O'Connor, D. H., & Bontrop, R. E. (2019). Nomenclature report 2019: Major histocompatibility complex genes and alleles of great and small ape and old and new world monkey species. Immunogenetics, 72, 25-36.
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Cibot, M., McCarthy, M. S., Lester, J. D., Vigilant, L., Sabiiti, T., & McLennan, M. R. (2019). Infant carrying by a wild chimpanzee father at Bulindi, Uganda. Primates, 60(4), 333-338.
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Hohmann, G., Vigilant, L., Mundry, R., Behringer, V., & Surbeck, M. (2019). Aggression by male bonobos against immature individuals does not fit with predictions of infanticide. Aggressive Behavior, 45(3), 300-309.
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Surbeck, M., Boesch, C., Crockford, C., Thompson, M. E., Furuichi, T., Fruth, B., Hohmann, G., Ishizuka, S., Machanda, Z., Muller, M. N., Pusey, A., Sakamaki, T., Tokuyama, N., Walker, K., Wrangham, R., Wroblewski, E., Zuberbühler, K., Vigilant, L., & Langergraber, K. (2019). Males with a mother living in their group have higher paternity success in bonobos but not chimpanzees. Current Biology, 29(10), R354-R355.
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White, L. C., Fontsere, C., Lizano, E., Hughes, D. A., Angedakin, S., Arandjelovic, M., Granjon, A.-C., Hans, J. B., Lester, J. D., Rabanus-Wallace, M. T., Rowney, C., Städele, V., Marques-Bonet, T., Langergraber, K. E., & Vigilant, L. (2019). A roadmap for high-throughput sequencing studies of wild animal populations using noninvasive samples and hybridization capture. Molecular Ecology Resources, 19(3), 609-622.
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Robbins, M. M., Akantorana, M., Arinaitwe, J., Kabano, P., Kayijamahe, C., Gray, M., Guschanski, K., Richardson, J., Roy, J., Tindimwebwa, V., Vigilant, L., & Robbins, M. M. (2019). Dispersal and reproductive careers of male mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Primates, 60(2), 133-142.
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Städele, V., Roberts, E. R., Barrett, B. J., Strum, S. C., Vigilant, L., & Silk, J. B. (2019). Male–female relationships in olive baboons (Papio anubis): Parenting or mating effort? Journal of Human Evolution, 127, 81-92.
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Maibach, V., & Vigilant, L. (2019). Reduced bonobo MHC class I diversity predicts a reduced viral peptide binding ability compared to chimpanzees. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19: 14.
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Rosenbaum, S., Vigilant, L., Kuzawa, C. W., & Stoinski, T. S. (2018). Caring for infants is associated with increased reproductive success for male mountain gorillas. Scientific Reports, 8: 15223.
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Hagemann, L., Boesch, C., Robbins, M. M., Arandjelovic, M., Deschner, T., Lewis, M., Froese, G., & Vigilant, L. (2018). Long‐term group membership and dynamics in a wild western lowland gorilla population (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) inferred using non‐invasive genetics. American Journal of Primatology, 80(8): e22898.
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McCarthy, M. S., Lester, J. D., Langergraber, K. E., Stanford, C. B., & Vigilant, L. (2018). Genetic analysis suggests dispersal among chimpanzees in a fragmented forest landscape in Uganda. American Journal of Primatology, 80(9): e22902.
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Hans, J. B., & Vigilant, L. (2018). Discovery of gorilla MHC-C expressing C1 ligand for KIR. Immunogenetics, 70(5), 293-304.
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Arandjelovic, M., & Vigilant, L. (2018). Non‐invasive genetic censusing and monitoring of primate populations. American Journal of Primatology, 80(3): e22743.
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Baas, P., van der Valk, T., Vigilant, L., Ngobobo, U., Binyinyi, E., Nishuli, R., Caillaud, D., & Guschanski, K. (2018). Population-level assessment of genetic diversity and habitat fragmentation in critically endangered Grauer's gorillas. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 165(3), 565-575.
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Hernandez-Rodriguez, J., Arandjelovic, M., Lester, J. D., de Filippo, C., Weihmann, A., Meyer, M., Angedakin, S., Casals, F., Navarro, A., Vigilant, L., Kühl, H. S., Langergraber, K., Boesch, C., Hughes, D., & Marques-Bonet, T. (2018). The impact of endogenous content, replicates and pooling on genome capture from faecal samples. Molecular Ecology Resources, 18(2), 319-333.
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Maibach, V., Hans, J. B., Hvilsom, C., Marques-Bonet, T., & Vigilant, L. (2017). MHC class I diversity in chimpanzees and bonobos. Immunogenetics, 69(10), 661-676.
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Aebischer, T., Siguindo, G., Rochat, E., Arandjelovic, M., Heilman, A. M., Hickisch, R., Vigilant, L., Joost, S., & Wegmann, D. (2017). First quantitative survey delineates the distribution of chimpanzees in the Eastern Central African Republic. Biological Conservation, 213(Part A), 84-94.
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Langergraber, K. E., Watts, D. P., Vigilant, L., & Mitani, J. C. (2017). Group augmentation, collective action, and territorial boundary patrols by male chimpanzees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(8), 7337-7342.
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Surbeck, M., Langergraber, K. E., Fruth, B., Vigilant, L., & Hohmann, G. (2017). Male reproductive skew is higher in bonobos than chimpanzees. Current Biology, 27(13), R640-R641.
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Hans, J., Bergl, R. A., & Vigilant, L. (2017). Gorilla MHC class I gene and sequence variation in a comparative context. Immunogenetics, 69(5), 303-323.
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Moscovice, L. R., Douglas, P. H., Martinez-Inigo, L., Surbeck, M., Vigilant, L., & Hohmann, G. (2017). Stable and fluctuating social preferences and implications for cooperation among female bonobos at LuiKotale, DRC. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 163(1), 158-172.
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Granjon, A.-C., Rowney, C., Vigilant, L., & Langergraber, K. E. (2017). Evaluating genetic capture-recapture using a chimpanzee population of known size. Journal of Wildlife Management, 81(2), 279-288.
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de Manuel, M., Kuhlwilm, M., Frandsen, P., Sousa, V. C., Desai, T., Prado-Martinez, J., Hernandez-Rodriguez, J., Dupanloup, I., Lao, O., Hallast, P., Schmidt, J. M., Heredia-Genestar, J. M., Benazzo, A., Barbujani, G., Peter, B. M., Kuderna, L. F. K., Casals, F., Angedakin, S., Arandjelovic, M., Boesch, C., Kühl, H. S., Vigilant, L., Langergraber, K., Novembre, J., Gut, M., Gut, I., Navarro, A., Carlsen, F., Andrés, A. M., Siegismund, H. R., Scally, A., Excoffier, L., Tyler-Smith, C., Castellano, S., Xue, Y., Hvilsom, C., & Marques-Bonet, T. (2016). Chimpanzee genomic diversity reveals ancient admixture with bonobos. Science, 354(6311), 477-481.
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Godoy, I., Vigilant, L., & Perry, S. E. (2016). Inbreeding risk, avoidance and costs in a group-living primate, Cebus capucinus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70(9), 1601-1611.
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Städele, V., & Vigilant, L. (2016). Strategies for determining kinship in wild populations using genetic data. Ecology and Evolution, 6(17), 6107-6120.
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Städele, V., Pines, M., Swedell, L., & Vigilant, L. (2016). The ties that bind: Maternal kin bias in a multilevel primate society despite natal dispersal by both sexes. American Journal of Primatology, 78(7), 731-744.
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Godoy, I., Vigilant, L., & Perry, S. E. (2016). Cues to kinship and close relatedness during infancy in white-faced capuchin monkeys, Cebus capucinus. Animal Behaviour, 116, 139-151.
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Banes, G., Galdikas, B. M. F., & Vigilant, L. (2016). Reintroduction of confiscated and displaced mammals risks outbreeding and introgression in natural populations, as evidenced by orang-utans of divergent subspecies. Scientific Reports, 6: 22026.
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Rosenbaum, S., Hirwa, J. P., Silk, J. B., Vigilant, L., & Stoinski, T. S. (2016). Infant mortality risk and paternity certainty are associated with postnatal maternal behavior toward adult male mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei). PLoS One, 11(2): e0147441.
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Banes, G., Galdikas, B. M. F., & Vigilant, L. (2015). Male orang-utan bimaturism and reproductive success at Camp Leakey in Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesia. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 69(11), 1785-1794.
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Hans, J., Haubner, A., Arandjelovic, M., Bergl, R. A., Fünfstück, T., Gray, M., Morgan, D. B., Robbins, M. M., Sanz, C., & Vigilant, L. (2015). Characterization of MHC class II B polymorphism in multiple populations of wild gorillas using non-invasive samples and next-generation sequencing. American Journal of Primatology, 77(11), 1193-1206.
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Fünfstück, T., & Vigilant, L. (2015). The geographic distribution of genetic diversity within gorillas. American Journal of Primatology, 77(9), 974-985.
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McCarthy, M. S., Lester, J. D., Howe, E. J., Arandjelovic, M., Stanford, C. B., & Vigilant, L. (2015). Genetic censusing identifies an unexpectedly sizeable population of an endangered large mammal in a fragmented forest landscape. BMC Ecology, 21: 15.
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Vigilant, L., Roy, J., Bradley, B. J., Stoneking, C. J., Robbins, M. M., & Stoinski, T. S. (2015). Reproductive competition and inbreeding avoidance in a primate species with habitual female dispersal. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 69(7), 1163-1172.
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Rosenbaum, S., Hirwa, J., Silk, J., Vigilant, L., & Stoinski, T. (2015). Male rank, not paternity, predicts male–immature relationships in mountain gorillas, Gorilla beringei beringei. Animal Behaviour, 104, 13-24.
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Moore, D. L., Langergraber, K. E., & Vigilant, L. (2015). Genetic analyses suggest male philopatry and territoriality in savanna-woodland chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) of Ugalla, Tanzania. International Journal of Primatology, 36(2), 377-397.
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Arandjelovic, M., Bergl, R. A., Ikfuingei, R., Jameson, C., Parker, M., & Vigilant, L. (2015). Detection dog efficacy for collecting faecal samples from the critically endangered Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) for genetic censusing. Royal Society Open Science, 2: 140423.
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Fünfstück, T., Arandjelovic, M., Morgan, D. B., Sanz, C., Reed, P., Olson, S. H., Cameron, K., Ondzie, A., Peeters, M., & Vigilant, L. (2015). The sampling scheme matters: Pan troglodytes troglodytes and P. t. schweinfurthii are characterized by clinal genetic variation rather than a strong subspecies break. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 156(2), 181-191.
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Schubert, G., Stockhausen, M., Hoffmann, C., Merkel, K., Vigilant, L., Leendertz, F. H., & Calvignac-Spencer, S. (2015). Targeted detection of mammalian species using carrion fly-derived DNA. Molecular Ecology Resources, 15(2), 285-294.
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Städele, V., Van Doren, V., Pines, M., Swedell, L., & Vigilant, L. (2015). Fine-scale genetic assessment of sex-specific dispersal patterns in a multilevel primate society. Journal of Human Evolution, 78, 103-113.
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Langergraber, K. E., Rowney, C., Schubert, G., Crockford, C., Hobaiter, C., Wittig, R. M., Wrangham, R. W., Zuberbühler, K., & Vigilant, L. (2014). How old are chimpanzee communities? Time to the most recent common ancestor of the Y-chromosome in highly patrilocal societies. Journal of Human Evolution, 69, 1-7.
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Moore, D. L., & Vigilant, L. (2014). A population estimate of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in the Ugalla region using standard and spatially explicit genetic capture–recapture methods. American Journal of Primatology, 76(4), 335-346.
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Arandjelovic, M., Head, J. S., Boesch, C., Robbins, M. M., & Vigilant, L. (2014). Genetic inference of group dynamics and female kin structure in a western lowland gorilla population (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). Primate Biology, 1(1), 29-38.
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Chang, Z., Yang, B., Vigilant, L., Liu, Z., Ren, B., Yang, J., Xiang, Z., Garber, P. A., & Li, M. (2014). Evidence of male-biased dispersal in the endangered Sichuan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithexus roxellana). American Journal of Primatology, 76(1), 72-83.
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Fünfstück, T., Arandjelovic, M., Morgan, D. B., Sanz, C., Breuer, T., Stokes, E. J., Reed, P., Olson, S. H., Cameron, K., Ondzie, A., Peeters, M., Kühl, H. S., Cipolletta, C., Todd, A., Masi, S., Doran-Sheehy, D. M., Bradley, B. J., & Vigilant, L. (2014). The genetic population structure of wild western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) living in continuous rain forest. American Journal of Primatology, 76(9), 868-878.
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Langergraber, K. E., Rowney, C., Crockford, C., Wittig, R. M., Zuberbühler, K., & Vigilant, L. (2014). Genetic analyses suggest no immigration of adult females and their offspring into the Sonso community of chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda. American Journal of Primatology, 640-648.
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Moore, D. L., & Vigilant, L. (2014). Genetic diversity at the edge: Comparative assessment of Y-chromosome and autosomal diversity in eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) of Ugalla, Tanzania. Conservation Genetics, 15(3), 495-507.
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Roy, J., Arandjelovic, M., Bradley, B. J., Guschanski, K., Stephens, C. R., Bucknell, D., Cirhuza, H., Kusamba, C., Kyungu, J. C., Smith, V., Robbins, M. M., & Vigilant, L. (2014). Recent divergences and size decreases of eastern gorilla populations. Biology Letters, 10(11): 20140811.
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Roy, J., Gray, M., Stoinski, T., Robbins, M. M., & Vigilant, L. (2014). Fine-scale genetic structure analyses suggest further male than female dispersal in mountain gorillas. BMC Ecology, 14: 21.
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Roy, J., Vigilant, L., Gray, M., Wright, E., Kato, R., Kabano, P., Basabose, A., Tibenda, E., Kühl, H. S., & Robbins, M. M. (2014). Challenges in the use of genetic mark-recapture to estimate the population size of Bwindi mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei). Biological Conservation, 180, 249-261.
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Ostner, J., Vigilant, L., Bhagavatula, J., Franz, M., & Schülke, O. (2013). Stable heterosexual associations in a promiscuous primate. Animal Behaviour, 86(3), 623-631.
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Langergraber, K. E., Mitani, J. C., Watts, D. P., & Vigilant, L. (2013). Male–female socio-spatial relationships and reproduction in wild chimpanzees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 67(6), 861-873.
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Prüfer, K., Langergraber, K. E., Pääbo, S., & Vigilant, L. (2013). Reply to Gibb and Hills: Divergence times, generation lengths and mutation rates in great apes and humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(8): E612.
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Chan, Y.-C., Roos, C., Inoue-Murayama, M., Inoue, E., Shih, C.-C., Pei, K.-J.-C., & Vigilant, L. (2013). Inferring the evolutionary histories of divergences in Hylobates and Nomascus gibbons through multilocus sequence data. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13: 82.
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Gray, M., Roy, J., Vigilant, L., Fawcett, K., Basabose, A., Cranfield, M., Uwingeli, P., Mburanumwe, I., Kagoda, E., & Robbins, M. M. (2013). Genetic census reveals increased but uneven growth of a critically endangered mountain gorilla population. Biological Conversation, 158, 230-238.
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Schubert, G., Vigilant, L., Boesch, C., Klenke, R., Langergraber, K. E., Mundry, R., Surbeck, M., & Hohmann, G. (2013). Co–residence between males and their mothers and grandmothers is more frequent in bonobos than chimpanzees. PLoS One, 8(12): e83870.
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Langergraber, K., Pruefer, K., Rowney, C., Boesch, C., Crockford, C., Fawcett, K., Inoue, E., Inoue-Muruyama, M., Mitani, J. C., Muller, M. N., Robbins, M. M., Schubert, G., Stoinski, T. S., Viola, B., Watts, D., Wittig, R., Wrangham, R. W., Zuberbühler, K., Pääbo, S., & Vigilant, L. (2012). Generation times in wild chimpanzees and gorillas suggest earlier divergence times in great ape and human evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(39), 15716-15721.
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Chang, Z. F., Luo, M. F., Liu, Z. J., Yang, J. Y., Xiang, Z. F., Li, M., & Vigilant, L. (2012). Human influence on the population decline and loss of genetic diversity in a small and isolated population of Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana). Genetica, 140(4-6), 105-114.
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Chan, Y.-C., Roos, C., Inoue-Murayama, M., Inoue, E., Shih, C.-C., & Vigilant, L. (2012). A comparative analysis of Y chromosome and mtDNA phylogenies of the Hylobates gibbons. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 12: 150.
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Chancellor, R. L., Langergraber, K., Ramirez, S., Rundus, A. S., & Vigilant, L. (2012). Genetic sampling of unhabituated chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Gishwati Forest Reserve, an isolated forest fragment in Western Rwanda. International Journal of Primatology, 33(2), 479-488.
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Chang, Z., Liu, Z., Yang, J., Li, M., & Vigilant, L. (2012). Noninvasive genetic assessment of the population trend and sex ratio of the Shennongjia population of Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana). Chinese Science Bulletin, 57(10), 1135-1141.
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Groeneveld, L. F., Atencia, R., Garriga, R. M., & Vigilant, L. (2012). High diversity at PRDM9 in chimpanzees and bonobos. PLoS One, 7(7): e39064.
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Scally, A., Dutheil, J. Y., Hillier, L. W., Jordan, G. E., Goodhead, I., Herrero, J., Hobolth, A., Lappalainen, T., Mailund, T., Marques-Bonet, T., McCarthy, S., Montgomery, S. H., Schwalie, P. C., Tang, Y. A., Ward, M. C., Xue, Y., Yngvadottir, B., Alkan, C., Andersen, L. N., Ayub, Q., Ball, E. V., Beal, K., Bradley, B. J., Chen, Y., Clee, C. M., Fitzgerald, S., Graves, T. A., Gu, Y., Heath, P., Heger, A., Karakoc, E., Kolb-Kokocinski, A., Laird, G. K., Lunter, G., Meader, S., Mort, M., Mullikin, J. C., Munch, K., O’Connor, T. D., Phillips, A. D., Prado-Martinez, J., Rogers, A. S., Sajjadian, S., Schmidt, D., Shaw, K., Simpson, J. T., Stenson, P. D., Turner, D. J., Vigilant, L., Vilella, A. J., Whitener, W., Zhu, B., Cooper, D. N., de Jong, P., Dermitzakis, E. T., Eichler, E. E., Flicek, P., Goldman, N., Mundy, N. I., Ning, Z., Odom, D. T., Ponting, C. P., Quail, M. A., Ryder, O. A., Searle, S. M., Warren, W. C., Wilson, R. K., Schierup, M. H., Rogers, J., Tyler-Smith, C., & Durbin, &. R. (2012). Insights into hominid evolution from the gorilla genome sequence. Nature, 483(7388), 169-175.
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Vigilant, L., & Groeneveld, L. F. (2012). Using genetics to understand primate social systems. Nature Education Knowledge, 3(10): 87. Retrieved from http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/using-genetics-to-understand-primate-social-systems-71223219.
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Arandjelovic, M., Head, J., Rabanal, L. I., Schubert, G., Mettke, E., Boesch, C., Robbins, M. M., & Vigilant, L. (2011). Non-Invasive genetic monitoring of wild central chimpanzees. PLoS ONE, 6(3): e14761.
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Langergraber, K. E., & Vigilant, L. (2011). Genetic differences cannot be excluded from generating behavioural differences among chimpanzee groups. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, 278(1715), 2094-2095.
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Langergraber, K. E., Boesch, C., Inoue, E., Inoue-Murayama, M., Mitani, J. C., Nishida, T., Pusey, A., Reynolds, V., Schubert, G., Wrangham, R. W., Wroblewski, E., & Vigilant, L. (2011). Genetic and 'cultural' similarity in wild chimpanzees. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, 278(1704), 408-416.
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Langergraber, K., Schubert, G., Rowney, C., Wrangham, R., Zommers, Z., & Vigilant, L. (2011). Genetic differentiation and the evolution of cooperation in chimpanzees and humans. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278(1717), 2546-2552.
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Schubert, G., Stoneking, C. J., Arandjelovic, M., Boesch, C., Eckhardt, N., Hohmann, G., Langergraber, K., Lukas, D., & Vigilant, L. (2011). Male-mediated gene flow in patrilocal primates. PLoS One, 6(7): e21514.
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Thalmann, O., Wegmann, D., Spitzner, M., Arandjelovic, M., Guschanski, K., Leuenberger, C., Bergl, R. A., & Vigilant, L. (2011). Historical sampling reveals dramatic demographic changes in western gorilla populations. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11: 85, pp. 1-10.
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Vigilant, L., & Langergraber, K. E. (2011). Inconclusive evidence for patrilocality in Neandertals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108(18), E87-E87.
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Arandjelovic, M., Head, J., Kuehl, H., Boesch, C., Robbins, M. M., Maisels, F., & Vigilant, L. (2010). Effective non-invasive genetic monitoring of multiple wild western gorilla groups. Biological Conservation, 143(7), 1780-1791.
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Chan, Y.-C., Roos, C., Inoue-Murayama, M., Inoue, E., Shih, C.-C., Pei, K.-J.-C., & Vigilant, L. (2010). Mitochondrial genome sequences effectively reveal the phylogeny of Hylobates gibbons. PLoS One, 5(12): e14419.
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Muniz, L., Perry, S., Manson, J. H., Gilkenson, H., Gros-Louis, J., & Vigilant, L. (2010). Male dominance and reproductive success in wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) at Lomas Barbudal, Costa Rica. American Journal of Primatology, 72(12), 1118-1130.
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Newton-Fisher, N. E., Thompson, M. E., Reynolds, V., Boesch, C., & Vigilant, L. (2010). Paternity and social rank in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) from the Budongo Forest, Uganda. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 142(3), 417-428.
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Schülke, O., Bhagavatula, J., Vigilant, L., & Ostner, J. (2010). Social bonds enhance reproductive success in male macaques. Current Biology, 20(24), 2207-2210.
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Smith, T. M., Smith, B. H., Reid, D. J., Siedel, H., Vigilant, L., Hublin, J.-J., & Boesch, C. (2010). Dental development of the Taï Forest chimpanzees revisited. Journal of Human Evolution, 58(5), 363-373.
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Arandjelovic, M., Guschanski, K., Schubert, G., Harris, T. R., Thalmann, O., Siedel, H., & Vigilant, L. (2009). Two-step multiplex polymerase chain reaction improves the speed and accuracy of genotyping using DNA from noninvasive and museum samples. Molecular Ecology Resources, 9(1), 28-36.
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Guschanski, K., Vigilant, L., McNeilage, A., Gray, M., Kagoda, E., & Robbins, M. M. (2009). Counting elusive animals: Comparing field and genetic census of the entire mountain gorilla population of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Biological Conservation, 142(2), 290-300.
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Harris, T. R., Caillaud, D., Chapman, C. A., & Vigilant, L. (2009). Neither genetic nor observational data alone are sufficient for understanding sex-biased dispersal in a social-group-living species. Molecular Ecology, 18(8), 1777-1790.
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Langergraber, K. E., Mitani, J. C., & Vigilant, L. (2009). Kinship and social bonds in female chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). American Journal of Primatology, 71(10), 840-851.
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Vigilant, L. (2009). Elucidating population histories using genomic DNA sequences. Current Anthropology, 50(2), 201-212.
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Vigilant, L., & Guschanski, K. (2009). Using genetics to understand the dynamics of wild primate populations. Primates, 50(2), 105-120.
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Bergl, R. A., Bradley, B. J., Nsubuga, A. M., & Vigilant, L. (2008). Effects of habitat fragmentation, population size and demographic history on genetic diversity: the cross river gorilla in a comparative context. American Journal of Primatology, 70(9), 848-859.
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Bradley, B. J., Doran-Sheehy, D. M., & Vigilant, L. (2008). Genetic identification of elusive animals: Re-evaluating tracking and nesting data for wild western gorillas. Journal of Zoology, 275(4), 333-340.
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Guschanski, K., Caillaud, D., Robbins, M. M., & Vigilant, L. (2008). Females shape the genetic structure of a gorilla population. Current Biology, 18(22), 1809-1814.
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Inoue, E., Inoue-Murayama, M., Vigilant, L., Takenaka, O., & Nishida, T. (2008). Relatedness in wild chimpanzees: Influence of paternity, male philopatry, and demographic factors. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 137(3), 256-262.
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Muniz, L., & Vigilant, L. (2008). Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers in the white-faced capuchin monkey (Cebus capucinus) and cross-species amplification in other New World monkeys. Molecular Ecology Resources, 8(2), 402-405.
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Nsubuga, A. M., Robbins, M. M., Boesch, C., & Vigilant, L. (2008). Patterns of paternity and group fission in wild multimale mountain gorilla groups. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 135(3), 263-274.
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Perry, S., Manson, J. H., Muniz, L., Grios-Louis, J., & Vigilant, L. (2008). Kin-biased social behaviour in wild adult female white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus. Animal Behaviour, 76(1), 187-199.
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Bradley, B. J., Doran-Sheehy, D. M., & Vigilant, L. (2007). Potential for female kin associations in wild western gorillas despite female dispersal. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London - Series B: Biological Sciences, 274(1622), 2179-2185.
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Bergl, R. A., & Vigilant, L. (2007). Genetic analysis reveals population structure and recent migration within the highly fragmented range of the Cross River Gorilla (Gorilla Gorilla Diehli). Molecular Ecology, 16(3), 501-516.
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Boesch, C., Head, J., Tagg, N., Arandjelovic, M., Vigilant, L., & Robbins, M. M. (2007). Fatal chimpanzee attack in Loango National Park, Gabon. International Journal of Primatology, 28(5), 1025-1034.
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Bradley, B. J., Stiller, M., Doran-Sheehy, D. M., Harris, T. R., Chapman, C. A., Vigilant, L., & Poinar, H. N. (2007). Plant DNA sequences from feces: Potential means for assessing diets of wild primates. American Journal of Primatology, 69(6), 699-705.
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Langergraber, K. E., Mitani, J. C., & Vigilant, L. (2007). The limited impact of kinship on cooperation in wild chimpanzees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 104(19), 7786-7790.
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Langergraber, K. E., Siedel, H., Mitani, J. C., Wrangham, R. W., Reynolds, V., Hunt, K. D., & Vigilant, L. (2007). The genetic signature of sex-biased migration in patrilocal chimpanzees and humans. PLoS One, 2(10): e973.
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Thalmann, O., Fischer, A., Lankester, F., Pääbo, S., & Vigilant, L. (2007). The complex evolutionary history of gorillas: Insights from genomic data. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 24(1), 146-158.
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Muniz, L., Perry, S., Manson, J. H., Gilkenson, H., Gros-Louis, J., & Vigilant, L. (2006). Father–daughter inbreeding avoidance in a wild primate population. Current Biology, 16(5), R156-R157.
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Boesch, C., Kohou, G., Néné, H., & Vigilant, L. (2006). Male competition and paternity in wild chimpanzees of the Taï forest. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 130(1), 103-115.
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Eriksson, J., Siedel, H., Lukas, D., Kayser, M., Erler, A., Hashimoto, C., Hohmann, G., Boesch, C., & Vigilant, L. (2006). Y-chromosome analysis confirms highly sex-biased dispersal and suggests a low male effective population size in bonobos (Pan paniscus). Molecular Ecology, 15(4), 939-949.
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Leendertz, F. H., Yumlu, S., Pauli, G., Boesch, C., Couacy-Hymann, E., Vigilant, L., Junglen, S., Schenk, S., & Ellerbrok, H. (2006). A new bacillus anthracis found in wild chimpanzees and a gorilla from West and Central Africa. PLoS Pathogens, 2(1): e8.
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Bradley, B. J., Robbins, M. M., Williamson, E. A., Steklis, H. D., Gerald-Steklis, N., Eckhardt, N., Boesch, C., & Vigilant, L. (2005). Mountain gorilla tug-of-war: Silverbacks have limited control over reproduction in multimale groups. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 102(26), 9418-9423.
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Lukas, D., & Vigilant, L. (2005). Reply: Facts, faeces and setting standards for the study of MHC genes using noninvasive samples. Molecular Ecology, 14(5), 1601-1602.
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Lukas, D., Reynolds, V., Boesch, C., & Vigilant, L. (2005). To what extent does living in a group mean living with kin? Molecular Ecology, 14(7), 2181-2196.
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Thalmann, O., Serre, D., Hofreiter, M., Lukas, D., Eriksson, J., & Vigilant, L. (2005). Nuclear insertions help and hinder inference of the evolutionary history of gorilla mtDNA. Molecular Ecology, 14(1), 179-188.
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Nsubuga, A. M., Robbins, M. M., Roeder, A. D., Morin, P. A., Boesch, C., & Vigilant, L. (2004). Factors affecting the amount of genomic DNA extracted from ape faeces and the identification of an improved sample storage method. Molecular Ecology, 13(7), 2089-2094.
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Crockford, C., Herbinger, I., Vigilant, L., & Boesch, C. (2004). Wild chimpanzees produce group-specific calls: A case for vocal learning? Ethology, 110(3), 221-243.
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Bradley, B. J., Doran-Sheehy, D. M., Lukas, D., Boesch, C., & Vigilant, L. (2004). Dispersed male networks in western gorillas. Current Biology, 14, 510-513.
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Chambers, K. E., Reichard, U. H., Möller, A., Nowak, K., & Vigilant, L. (2004). Cross-species amplification of human microsatellite markers using noninvasive samples from white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar). American Journal of Primatology, 64(1), 19-27.
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Eriksson, J., Hohmann, G., Boesch, C., & Vigilant, L. (2004). Rivers influence the population genetic structure of bonobos (Pan paniscus). Molecular Ecology, 13(11), 3425-3435.
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Leendertz, F. H., Ellerbrok, H., Boesch, C., Couacy-Hymann, E., Mätz-Rensing, K., Hakenbeck, V., Abaza, P., Bergmann, C., Möbius, Y., Vigilant, L., Formenty, P., & Pauli, G. (2004). Anthrax kills wild chimpanzees in a tropical rainforest. Nature, 430, 451-452.
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Lukas, D., Bradley, B. J., Nsubuga, A. M., Robbins, M. M., & Vigilant, L. (2004). Major histocompatibility complex and microsatellite variation in two populations of wild gorillas. Molecular Ecology, 13(11), 3389-3402.
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McGrew, W. C., Ensminger, A. L., Marchant, L. F., Pruetz, J. D., & Vigilant, L. (2004). Genotyping aids field study of unhabituated wild chimpanzees. American Journal of Primatology, 63, 87-93.
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Pääbo, S., Poinar, H. N., Serre, D., Jänicke-Després, V. R., Hebler, J., Rohland, N., Kuch, M., Krause, J., Vigilant, L., & Hofreiter, M. (2004). Genetic analyses from ancient DNA. Annual Review of Genetics, 38, 645-679.
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Thalmann, O., Hebler, J., Poinar, H. N., Pääbo, S., & Vigilant, L. (2004). Unreliable mtDNA data due to nuclear insertions: A cautionary tale from analysis of humans and other great apes. Molecular Ecology, 13(2), 321-335.
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Vigilant, L., & Bradley, B. J. (2004). Genetic variation in gorillas. American Journal of Primatology, 64(2), 161-172.
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Hofreiter, M., Siedel, H., van Neer, W., & Vigilant, L. (2003). Mitochondrial DNA sequence from an enigmatic gorilla population (Gorilla gorilla uellensis). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 121(4), 361-368.
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Smith, S., Vigilant, L., & Morin, P. A. (2002). The effects of sequence length and oligonucleotide mismatches on 5 ' exonuclease assay efficiency. Nucleic Acids Research, 30(20): e111.
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Bradley, B. J., & Vigilant, L. (2002). False alleles derived from microbial DNA pose a potential source of error in microsatellite genotyping of DNA from faeces. Molecular Ecology Resources, 2(4), 602-605.
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Bradley, B. J., Chambers, K. E., & Vigilant, L. (2001). Accurate DNA-based sex identification of apes using non-invasive samples. Conservation Genetics, 2(2), 179-181.
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Morin, P. A., Chambers, K. E., Boesch, C., & Vigilant, L. (2001). Quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis of DNA from noninvasive samples for accurate microsatellite genotyping of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus). Molecular Ecology, 10(7), 1835-1844.
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Vigilant, L., Hofreiter, M., Siedel, H., & Boesch, C. (2001). Paternity and relatedness in wild chimpanzee communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 98(23), 12890-12895.
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Warren, K. S., Verschoor, E. J., Langenhuijzen, S., Heriyanto, S. R. A., Vigilant, L., & Heeney, J. H. (2001). Speciation and intra-subspecific variation of Bornean orang-utans, Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 18(4), 472-480. Retrieved from http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/18/4/472.full.
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Bradley, B. J., Boesch, C., & Vigilant, L. (2000). Identification and redesign of human microsatellite markers for genotyping wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) and gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) DNA from faeces. Conservation Genetics, 1(3), 289-292.
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Di Benedetto, G., Nasidze, I., Stenico, M., Nigro, L., Krings, M., Lanzinger, M., Vigilant, L., Stoneking, M., Pääbo, S., & Barbujani, G. (2000). Mitochondrial DNA sequences in prehistoric human remains from the Alps. European Journal of Human Genetics, 8(9), 669-677.
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Vigilant, L. (1999). An evaluation of techniques for the extraction and amplification of DNA from naturally shed hairs. Biological Chemistry, 380(11), 1329-1331.
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Soodyall, H., Vigilant, L., Hill, A., Stoneking, M., & Jenkins, T. (1996). mtDNA control-region sequence variation suggests multiple independent origins of an "Asian-specific" 9-bp deletion in sub-Saharan Africans. American Journal of Human Genetics, 58(3), 595-608.
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Stoneking, M., Sherry, S. T., & Vigilant, L. (1992). Geographic origin of human mitochondrial DNA revisited. Systematic Biology, 41(3), 384-391.
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Stoneking, M., Sherry, S. T., Redd, A. J., & Vigilant, L. (1992). New approaches to dating suggest a recent age for the human mtDNA ancestor. Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, 337(1280), 167-175.
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Vigilant, L., Stoneking, M., Harpending, H., Hawkes, K., & Wilson, A. (1991). African populations and the evolution of human mitochondrial DNA. Science, 253(5027), 1503-1507.
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Stoneking, M., Hedgecock, D., Higuchi, R., Vigilant, L., & Erlich, H. (1991). Population variation of human mtDNA control region sequences detected by enzymatic amplification and sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes. American Journal of Human Genetics, 48(2), 370-382.
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Vigilant, L., Pennington, R., Harpending, H., Kocher, T., & Wilson, A. (1989). Mitochondrial DNA sequences in single hairs from a southern African population. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 86(23), 9350-9354.
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Vigilant, L., Stoneking, M., & Wilson, A. (1988). Conformational mutation in human mtDNA detected by direct sequencing of enzymatically amplified DNA. Nucleic Acids Research, 16(13), 5945-5955.
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Book Reviews

Vigilant, L. (2002). [Book review] Moving and mixing: Book review of Mapping Human History by Steve Olsen. Science, 297, 775.
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Book Chapters

Vigilant, L. (2019). Insights from genetic analyses of the Taï chimpanzees. In C. Boesch, & R. M. Wittig (Eds.), The chimpanzees of the Taï forest: 40 years of research (pp. 70-77). Cambridge University Press.
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Knapp, M., Vigilant, L., & Hofreiter, M. (2008). Ancient DNA: Phylogenetic applications. In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. New York: Wiley.
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Boesch, C., Boesch, H., & Vigilant, L. (2006). Cooperative hunting in chimpanzees: Kinship or mutualism? In P. M. Kappeler, & C. P. van Schaik (Eds.), Cooperation in primates and humans: Mechanisms and evolution (pp. 139-150). Berlin: Springer.
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Hofreiter, M., & Vigilant, L. (2003). Ancient human DNA: Phylogenetic applications. In David N. Cooper (Ed.), Nature encyclopedia of the human genome: vol. 1 (ABS - DIG) (pp. 116-119). London [et al]: Nature Publishers Group.
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Vigilant, L. (2003). Genetic perspectives on Pan troglodytes verus. In Kormos, Rebecca; Boesch, Christophe; Bakarr, Mohamed I.; Butynski, Thomas M., & IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group (Eds.), West African Chimpanzees: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan (pp. 21-23). Gland [et al.]: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
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Bradley, B. J., & Vigilant, L. (2002). The evolutionary genetics and molecular ecology of chimpanzees and bonobos. In Boesch, Christophe; Hohmann, Gottfried; Marchant, Linda F. (Ed.), Behavioral Diversity in Chimpanzees and Bonobos (pp. 259-279). Cambridge: Cambridge University Pr.
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Vigilant, L. (1996). Evolution of human mitochondrial DNA. In R. Meyers (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology and Molecular Medicine Vol 4 (pp. 84-90). New York [u.a.]: VCH.
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Stoneking, M., Sherry, S. T., Redd, A. J., & Vigilant, L. (1993). New approaches to dating suggest a recent age for the human mtDNA ancestor. In M. J. Aitken, C. B. Stringer, & P. A. Mellars (Eds.), The origin of modern humans and the impact of chronometric dating (pp. 84-103). Princeton Univ. Pr.
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Others

Vigilant, L. (2007). Bonobos. Current Biology, 17(3), R74-R75.
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Vigilant, L. (2004). Chimpanzees. Current Biology, 14(10), R369-R371.
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Vigilant, L., & Bradley, B. J. (2004). Gorillas. Current Biology, 14(19), R826-R827.
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Vigilant, L. (2002). Technical challenges in the microsatellite genotyping of a wild chimpanzee population using feces. Evolutionary Anthropology, 11(Suppl. 1), 162-165.
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Vigilant, L., & Pääbo, S. (1999). A chimpanzee millenium (Guest Editorial). Biological Chemistry, 380(12), 1353-1354.
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Preprint

Tkaczynski, P. J., Mafessoni, F., Girard-Buttoz, C., Samuni, L., Ackermann, C. Y., Fedurek, P., Gomes, C., Hobaiter, C., Löhrich, T., Manin, V., Preis, A., Valé, P. D., Wessling, E. G., Wittiger, L., Zommers, Z., Zuberbuehler, K., Vigilant, L., Deschner, T., Wittig, R. M., & Crockford, C. (2022). Non-genetic maternal effects shape individual differences in cortisol phenotypes in wild chimpanzees. bioRxiv.
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Talks

McCarthy, M. S., Lester, J. D., Langergraber, K. E., Stanford, C. B., & Vigilant, L. (2016). Genetic evidence for typical female-biased dispersal in chimpanzees in a human-dominated habitat, western Uganda. Talk presented at Joint meeting of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists. Chicago, IL. 2016-08-21 - 2016-08-27.
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McCarthy, M. S., Lester, J. D., Arandjelovic, M., Stanford, C., & Vigilant, L. (2015). Genetic censusing suggests unexpectedly sizable numbers of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) living in forest fragments in western Uganda. Talk presented at 14th Conference of the Gesellschaft für Primatologie. Leipzig, Germany. 2015-02-11 - 2015-02-13.
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Städele, V., Swedell, L., & Vigilant, L. (2015). Patterns of philopatry and dispersal in a multilevel primate society. Talk presented at GfP Tagung; 14. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Primatologie. Leipzig. 2015-02-11 - 2015-02-13.
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