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Kinship influences sperm whale social organization within, but generally not among, social units

Sperm whales have a multi-level social structure based upon long-term, cooperative social units. What role kinship plays in structuring this society is poorly understood. We combined extensive association data (518 days, during 2005–2016) and genetic data (18 microsatellites and 346 bp mitochondrial...

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Autores principales: Konrad, Christine M., Gero, Shane, Frasier, Timothy, Whitehead, Hal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6124104/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30225081
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180914