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Marie J. E. Charpentier

Marie J. E. Charpentier

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
38
Citations
4923
World Ranking
6703
National Ranking
300

Overview

Marie J. E. Charpentier is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France. Their research primarily focuses on Psychology, with a significant number of publications in Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Ecology, and related subfields.

The main topics of Charpentier's work include:

  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior

The scientist has published in several research venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • iScience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Science Advances

Recent papers include:

  • "Same father, same face: Deep learning reveals selection for signaling kinship in a wild primate" (2020, Science Advances)
  • "Unconditional care from close maternal kin in the face of parasites" (2020, Biology Letters)
  • "Sex and dominance: How to assess and interpret intersexual dominance relationships in mammalian societies" (2022, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)
  • "Fitness effects of seasonal birth timing in a long-lived social primate living in the equatorial forest" (2022, Animal Behaviour)
  • "Ecological, parasitological and individual determinants of plasma neopterin levels in a natural mandrill population" (2020, International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife)

Marie J. E. Charpentier has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Élise Huchard
  • Alice Baniel
  • Berta Roura-Torres
  • Peter M. Kappeler
  • Julien P. Renoult

Best Publications

  • Pathogen-Driven Selection and Worldwide HLA Class I Diversity

    Franck Prugnolle;Andrea Manica;Marie Charpentier;Jean François Guégan

  • Senescence rates are determined by ranking on the fast–slow life‐history continuum

    Owen R. Jones;Jean-Michel Gaillard;Shripad Tuljapurkar;Jussi S. Alho

  • Mandrills use olfaction to socially avoid parasitized conspecifics

    Clémence Poirotte;François Massol;Anaïs Herbert;Eric Willaume

  • Smelling right: the scent of male lemurs advertises genetic quality and relatedness

    Marie J. E. Charpentier;Marylène Boulet;Christine M. Drea

  • Mate guarding and paternity in mandrills: factors influencing alpha male monopoly

    Joanna M. Setchell;Marie Charpentier;E. Jean Wickings

  • Age at maturity in wild baboons: genetic, environmental and demographic influences.

    M. J. E. Charpentier;J. Tung;J. Altmann;S. C. Alberts

  • Paternal effects on offspring fitness in a multimale primate society

    M. J. E. Charpentier;M. J. E. Charpentier;R. C. Van Horn;J. Altmann;S. C. Alberts

  • Genetic evidence reveals temporal change in hybridization patterns in a wild baboon population.

    J. Tung;M. J. E. Charpentier;M. J. E. Charpentier;D. A. Garfield;J. Altmann

  • Constraints on control: factors influencing reproductive success in male mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx)

    Marie Charpentier;Patricia Peignot;Martine Hossaert-McKey;Olivier Gimenez

  • Morbid attraction to leopard urine in Toxoplasma-infected chimpanzees.

    Clémence Poirotte;Peter M. Kappeler;Barthelemy Ngoubangoye;Stéphanie Bourgeois

  • Genes, geology and germs: gut microbiota across a primate hybrid zone are explained by site soil properties, not host species.

    Laura E Grieneisen;Laura E Grieneisen;Marie J E Charpentier;Susan C Alberts;Ran Blekhman

  • Message ‘scent’: lemurs detect the genetic relatedness and quality of conspecifics via olfactory cues

    Marie J.E. Charpentier;Marie J.E. Charpentier;Jeremy Chase Crawford;Marylène Boulet;Christine M. Drea

  • Genetic structure in a dynamic baboon hybrid zone corroborates behavioural observations in a hybrid population

    Marie J.E. Charpentier;M.C. Fontaine;E. Cherel;Julien P. Renoult

  • Decoding an olfactory mechanism of kin recognition and inbreeding avoidance in a primate.

    Marylène Boulet;Marylène Boulet;Marie J E Charpentier;Marie J E Charpentier;Christine M Drea

  • Kin discrimination in juvenile mandrills, Mandrillus sphinx

    Marie J.E. Charpentier;Patricia Peignot;Martine Hossaert-McKey;E. Jean Wickings

  • Opposites attract: MHC-associated mate choice in a polygynous primate

    J. M. Setchell;M. J. E. Charpentier;K. M. Abbott;E. J. Wickings

  • Inbreeding depression in ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta): genetic diversity predicts parasitism, immunocompetence, and survivorship

    Marie J. E. Charpentier;Marie J. E. Charpentier;Cathy V. Williams;Christine M. Drea

  • Sexual selection and reproductive careers in mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx)

    Joanna M. Setchell;Marie Charpentier;E. Jean Wickings

  • Genetic diversity and reproductive success in mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx).

    M. Charpentier;J. M. Setchell;F. Prugnolle;L. A. Knapp

  • Paternal effects on access to resources in a promiscuous primate society

    Elise Huchard;Elise Huchard;Marie J. Charpentier;Harry Marshall;Harry Marshall;Andrew J. King

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter M. Kappeler
Peter M. Kappeler German Primate Center
Joanna M. Setchell
Joanna M. Setchell Durham University
Christine M. Drea
Christine M. Drea Duke University
Susan C. Alberts
Susan C. Alberts Duke University
Martine Hossaert-McKey
Martine Hossaert-McKey Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Olivier Gimenez
Olivier Gimenez Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jeanne Altmann
Jeanne Altmann Princeton University
Guy Cowlishaw
Guy Cowlishaw Zoological Society of London
François Simon
François Simon Université Paris Cité
Francois Balloux
Francois Balloux University College London

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