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Evidence for frequent incest in a cooperatively breeding mammal

As breeding between relatives often results in inbreeding depression, inbreeding avoidance is widespread in the animal kingdom. However, inbreeding avoidance may entail fitness costs. For example, dispersal away from relatives may reduce survival. How these conflicting selection pressures are resolv...

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Autores principales: Nichols, H. J., Cant, M. A., Hoffman, J. I., Sanderson, J. L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4298196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25540153
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0898