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Brenda McCowan

University of California, DavisORCID 0000-0002-2278-418XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1 Organism:rat· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Animal Behavior & CognitionApplied Animal Behaviour SciencePeer-reviewedMay 3, 2026

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A cross-center comparison of the relationship between matriline fragmentation, grooming cohesion, and agonistic behavior in captive rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) social groups

Brianne A. Beisner, Brenda McCowan, Mollie A. Bloomsmith…·Kelly F. Ethun

Across 105 rhesus macaque matrilines at two primate centers, family grooming cohesion drops below a mean kinship threshold of 0.16, while lower kinship continuously increases severe within-family aggression.

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