Marie Charpentier's personal website

Marie Charpentier's personal website




I'm a behavioral ecologist working on the evolution of primate societies
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Latest News

Congrats to Alice Baniel who recently joined our team, as a postdoctoral researcher and a co-director of the Mandrillus Project
Congrats to Axelle Delaunay who successfully defended her PhD on young baboons and mandrills!!!
Congrats to Nikos Smit for his PhD defense on sexual selection in mandrills! Bravo!

Latest findings

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facial Kin recognition

Paternal half-sisters resemble each other more than maternal half-sisters do suggesting selection for increased resemblance to facilitate discrimination among paternal kin.
See the recent publication here and how it was broadcasted.

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Mothers know best

This increased facial ressemblance among paternal kin is used by mothers to orientate their offspring's social choices.
See the recent publication here.

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grooming and protozoa

Parasitized mandrills are less groomed than healthy ones and their fecal material smells bad - Find out more here and see the original publication
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UNConditional care to kin

Mothers do not dare about parasites: they continue to groom parasitized infants. See here for more.
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Mother-to-daughter transmission of HYGIENE

Hygienic females socially transmit this trait to their daughters. See our recent publication here.
If you want to learn more about the Mandrillus Project or help maintain the long term field project, please visit this website
Photo credits: Berta Roura-Torres, Paul Amblard-Rambert, Nory El Ksabi, Alice Percher, Pierre-Hadrien Pottier, Marie Charpentier, Timo Brockmeyer, Benoit Quintard, Michel Halbwax
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