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Elise Huchard NERC funded Post-Doctoral Research Associate ............................................................................................................................................ Tel: 01223 336638 Fax: 01223 336676
Research I am a behavioural ecologist interested in the evolution of mammalian social and mating systems.
At the interface between sexual and kin selection, a major axis of my
work investigates the genetic causes and consequences of reproductive
strategies in mammalian societies, and from a female’s perspective.
More specifically, my research combines behaviour with genetic data to examine
the evolution of female sexual signals and competition, polyandry and
MHC-related mate choice. My primary study systems have been natural populations of baboons
found at the edge of the Namib Desert, and mouse lemurs from western
Madagascar. My present work investigates the development of competitive
abilities in relation to maternal reproductive strategies in the
Kalahari meerkats.
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Publications: Profile on Google Scholar Huchard E, Cowlishaw G, Raymond M, Weill M, Knapp LA. Molecular study of Mhc-DRB in wild Chacma baboons reveals high variability and evidence for transpecies inheritance, 2006, Immunogenetics 56: 805. Huchard E, Weill M, Cowlishaw G, Raymond M, Knapp LA. Polymorphism, haplotype composition, and selection in the Mhc-DRB of wild baboons, 2008, Immunogenetics 60: 585. King AJ, Douglas C, Huchard E, Isaac N, Cowlishaw G, 2008, Dominance and affiliation mediate despotism in a social primate, 2008, Current Biology 18: 1833. Huchard E, Benavides JA, Setchell JM, Charpentier MJE, Alvergne A, King AJ, Knapp LA, Cowlishaw G, Raymond M. Studying shape in sexual signals: the case of primate sexual swellings, 2009, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63:1231. Huchard E, Courtiol A., Benavides JA, Knapp LA, Raymond M, Cowlishaw G. Can fertility signals lead to quality signals? Insights from the evolution of primate sexual swellings, 2009, Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 276: 1889. Alvergne A, Huchard E, Ruppli C, Caillaud D, Martinez L, Raymond M. Human ability to visually recognize kin within primates, 2009, International Journal of Primatology 30: 199. Huchard E, Raymond M, Benavides J, Marshall H, Knapp LA, Cowlishaw G. A female signal reflects MHC genotype in a social primate, 2010, BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:96. Huchard E, Knapp LA, Wang J, Raymond M, Cowlishaw G. MHC, mate choice and heterozygote advantage in a wild social primate, 2010, Molecular Ecology 19: 2545. Wang J, Brekke P, Huchard E, Knapp LA, Cowlishaw G. Estimation of parameters of inbreeding and genetic drift in populations with overlapping generations, 2010, Evolution 64: 1704. Célerier A, Huchard E, Alvergne A, Féjan D, Plard F, Cowlishaw G, Raymond M, Bonadonna, F. Detective mice assess relatedness in baboons using olfactory cues, 2010, Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 1399. Huchard E, Alvergne A, Fejan D, Knapp LA, Cowlishaw G, Raymond M. More than friends? Behavioural and genetic aspects of heterosexual associations in wild chacma baboons, 2010, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64:769. Setchell JS, Huchard E. The hidden benefits of sex: Evidence of MHC-associated mate choice in primate societies, 2010, BioEssays 32: 940. Huchard E, Cowlishaw G. Female–female aggression around mating: an extra cost of sociality in a multimale primate society, 2011, Behavioral Ecology 22: 1003. King AJ, Sueur C, Huchard E & Cowlishaw G. A rule-of-thumb based on social affiliation explains collective movements in desert baboons. 2011, Animal Behaviour 82: 1337. Benavides JA, Huchard E, Pettorelli N, King AJ, Brown ME, Archer CE, Appleton CC, Raymond M & Cowlishaw G. From parasite encounter to infection: multiple-scale drivers of parasite richness in a wild social primate population, 2012, American Journal of Physical Anthropology 147: 52-63. Gomez D, Huchard E, Henry PY & Perret M. Mutual mate choice in a female-dominant and sexually monomorphic primate, 2012, American Journal of Physical Anthropology 147: 370-9. Huchard E, Canale CI, Le Gros C, Perret M, Henry PY & Kappeler PM. Convenience polyandry or convenience polygyny? Costly sex under female control in a promiscuous primate, 2012, Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279: 1371-9. Huchard E , Canale CI1, Perret M, Henry PY. Reproductive resilience to food shortage in a small heterothermic primate. Plos One, in press. Equal contributions. Sepil, I., Moghadam HK, Huchard E, Sheldon B. In-depth characterization and 454 pyrosequencing of Major Histocompatibility Complex class I genes in the great tit reveal complexity in a passerine system. BMC Evolutionary Biology, in press Huchard E, Charpentier MJE, Marshall H, King A, Knapp LA, Cowlishaw G. Paternal effects on access to resources in a promiscuous primate society. Behavioral Ecology, in press. Huchard E,
Albrecht C, Schliehe-Diecks S, Roos C, Kappeler PM, Brameier M.
Large-scale MHC class II genotyping of a wild lemur population by next
generation sequencing. Immunogenetics, in press. Charpentier MJE, Huchard E, Widdig A, Gimenez O, Sallé B, Kappeler PM, Renoult JP. Distribution of affiliative behaviour across kin classes and their fitness consequences in mandrills. Ethology, in press.
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