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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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Autores principales: Boulet, Marylène, Charpentier, Marie JE, Drea, Christine M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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