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Suppressing subordinate reproduction provides benefits to dominants in cooperative societies of meerkats
In many animal societies, a small proportion of dominant females monopolize reproduction by actively suppressing subordinates. Theory assumes that this is because subordinate reproduction depresses the fitness of dominants, yet the effect of subordinate reproduction on dominant behaviour and reprodu...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Pub. Group
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4109011/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25047446 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5499 |