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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Anim Behav. 2009 Feb 1;77(2):503. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.10.030

Table 2.

Pairwise relatedness coefficients and apparent relationships between the six within-group subordinate sires and their male breeders and females

Extrapair sire # Relatedness between extrapair sire and female breeder Relatedness between extrapair sire and male breeder Extrapair sire's apparent relationships
1 -0.0656 0.2574 half-brother of male breeder; rose in rank during breeding season*
2 0.1557 0.4908 son of male breeder; fertilized stepmother*
3 0.0471 0.4698 son of male breeder; fertilized stepmother*
4 -0.1973 0.4375 brother of male breeder
5 0.5811 0.6326 son of male and female breeder; fertilized mother
6 0.5918 0.5814 son of male and female breeder; fertilized mother
*

Resisted copulation attempts observed between extrapair sire and female breeder; see details in text.