Susan C. Alberts

This study estimates the heritability of aggressive and submissive behavior in wild female baboons, finding both genetic and social inheritance effects.

This study examines the social and fitness outcomes of a group fusion in hybrid baboons, finding no detectable fitness costs and rapid social integration.

This study tracks gut microbiota changes in wild baboons across reproductive states, finding distinct microbial patterns linked to pregnancy and hormone levels.

This study develops a low-power Bluetooth and LoRaWAN system to collect long-term cardiac data from wild baboons, revealing circadian patterns and behavioral changes in a female who left her social group.

The paper estimates heritability and genetic correlations of lifetime fitness and time-limited metrics in wild baboons, finding high genetic correlations and heritability for survival and breeding success.

The paper quantifies variation in primate social structures across 11 species, identifying distinct patterns in kin and rank biases and male-centered subgrouping.

The paper links social microbiome transmission to microbial specialization and host lifespan in wild baboons using metagenomic data.

The paper provides four newly available data sets from a long-term study of wild baboons in Amboseli, Kenya, covering demographics, activity, diet, and weather data spanning 1971-2023.

The paper examines how admixture affects DNA methylation genetic architecture in a wild primate hybrid zone, finding that admixture increases methylation variance and alters enhancer activity.

This study examines how group social traits and climate variables predict foraging behavior in wild baboons, finding interactions between rainfall, temperature, group size, and social network density on foraging outcomes.

This study tests developmental constraints and adaptive response hypotheses for early life effects on fertility in wild baboons but finds no strong support for these explanations.

The paper characterizes eukaryotic diversity in wild baboon gut microbiomes and finds social group membership explains some variation, but season, age, and sex do not.

The paper finds that strong early-life paternal relationships in wild baboons correlate with longer adult survival in females, regardless of early adversity.

This study re-examines the link between maternal sociality and infant survival in wild baboons, finding that the relationship is confounded by reproductive state and infant presence.

The paper examines how high early lactational synchrony in baboon groups affects female-female competition and infant mortality using long-term field data.

The paper develops a microbiome-based age predictor for wild baboons using 13,563 gut microbial profiles and finds that microbiome age reflects current social and environmental conditions but not developmental milestones or lifespan.

The paper examines how adult male primates influence infant behavior and proximity, showing that maternal early adversity affects infant-male interactions.

This study identifies DNA methylation signatures in wild baboons linked to early life adversity, showing exposure-dependent effects and functional relevance of methylation changes.

This study identifies gene regulatory differences linked to dominance rank and social bond strength in wild baboons, showing sex-specific effects and distinct immune responses to social factors.

This study finds that high-ranking male baboons show accelerated epigenetic aging, suggesting a trade-off between reproductive success and lifespan.

This study maps eQTL and analyzes gene expression variation in wild baboons, finding strong genetic contributions and similarities with human data.