Table 2.
Starting set of candidate macaques | Final membership, group 1 | Final membership, group 2 | |
Total | 204 | 47 | 48 |
Breeding-age macaques (no. male, no. female) | 21, 99 | 4, 27 | 7, 32 |
Juvenile macaques (no. male, no. female) | 25, 59 | 0, 16 | 3, 6 |
No. of genetically high-value macaques (median genome uniqueness, median mean kinship with colony) | 139 (12.60%, 0.0039) | 47 (14.60%, 0.0043) | 48 (12.15%, 0.0036) |
No. of macaques with low genetic value (median genome uniqueness, median mean kinship with colony) | 65 (0.80%, 0.0066) | 0 | 0 |
The original request was for 2 groups, each containing 18 to 20 breeding-age female macaques older than 4 y (with their infants [younger than 1 y]), 3 or 4 breeding-age male animals 6 y or older, and 1 to 30 juveniles (age, 1 to 4 y) that will reach sexual maturity within the group.