Article Dans Une Revue Scientific Reports Année : 2022

Female bonobos show social swelling by synchronizing their maximum swelling and increasing bonding

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Different Old World primates show conspicuous anogenital swelling, with the Maximum Swelling Phase (MSP) signaling the ovulatory phase. MSP synchronization between females has been linked to social dynamics. In bonobos, characterized by female dominance, MSP is not a fully reliable signal of fertility because it may cover anovulatory periods. We investigated whether bonobo females synchronized their MSP and whether this phenomenon was modulated by social factors. Data were collected at La Vallée des Singes (France). In the period 2009-2022, swelling cycles data were collected daily on bonobo females (N = 9). In the period 2018-2022, ethological data (aggression/affiliation/ socio-sexual behaviors) were also collected. We found that: (i) females synchronized their MSP and most likely experienced MSP onset following the MSP onset in other females; (ii) synchronization increased as the years spent together by females increased; (iii) synchronization preferentially occurred between females that affiliated less; (iv) synchronization on the MSP was linked to increased female-female socio-sexual contacts, which probably favored MSP synchronization maintenance. Hence, in bonobos MSP can be modulated by social factors and its synchronization, possibly underlying autonomic contagion, might have been positively selected during evolution in relation to the benefits females obtain in terms of intra-group cohesion

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hal-04680578 , version 1 (28-08-2024)

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Elisa Demuru, Marta Caselli, Jean-Pascal Guéry, Carole Michelet, Franck Alexieff, et al.. Female bonobos show social swelling by synchronizing their maximum swelling and increasing bonding. Scientific Reports, 2022, 12 (1), pp.17676. ⟨10.1038/s41598-022-22325-7⟩. ⟨hal-04680578⟩
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