Madison Griffin is a Junior at Duke University majoring in Biology with a concentration in Marine Biology. In the Silliman Lab, her research examines the role of top predators and marine mammals in protecting critical marine ecosystems by regulating mesopredator populations. Madison aspires to use her research to inform marine mammal conservation policy.
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Amazing and interesting research! I am currently working in the Drea lab, where we are studying the relationship between maternal behavior and oxytocin levels. I wonder if there is any relationship between hormone levels–perhaps oxytocin–and grooming behavior in wild baboons? I’d bet there is some kind of correlation! That would be an interesting future research study inspired by your findings. Great poster!
Madison! Your research is very intriguing. I did a project my freshman year about the evolutionary mechanisms behind altruism and found a lot of interesting stuff about reciprocity and kin selection. I am interested in learning more about how differences in mother-offspring reciprocity between the sexes manifest in different social behaviors between males and females when they age, and whether or not this relates to the matriarchal system of wild baboons.
I’m looking at similar behaviors in lemurs right now and it’s interesting reading about different social intricacies that you wouldn’t notice at first glance.
In investigating relationships between mothers and their offspring, do you think the individual personalities of certain baboons affected your results significantly?
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