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Decoding an olfactory mechanism of kin recognition and inbreeding avoidance in a primate
BACKGROUND: Like other vertebrates, primates recognize their relatives, primarily to minimize inbreeding, but also to facilitate nepotism. Although associative, social learning is typically credited for discrimination of familiar kin, discrimination of unfamiliar kin remains unexplained. As sex-bias...
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BioMed Central
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2799416/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19958525 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-281 |