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Sex-specific associative learning cues and inclusive fitness benefits in the Seychelles warbler.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Sept 2003
Richardson D S, Burke T, Komdeurs J
Abstract excerpt
In cooperative breeding vertebrates, indirect fitness benefits would be maximized by subordinates that accurately assess their relatedness to group offspring and preferentially help more closely related kin. In the Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis), we found a positive relationship between subordinate-nestling kinship (determined using microsatellite marker genotypes) and provisioning rates, but only...
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