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Reproductive skew and relatedness in social groups of European badgers, Meles meles.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2008
Dugdale Hannah L, Macdonald David W, Pope Lisa C, Johnson Paul J, Burke Terry
Abstract excerpt
Reproductive skew is a measure of the proportion of individuals of each sex that breed in a group and is a valuable measure for understanding the evolution and maintenance of sociality. Here, we provide the first quantification of reproductive skew within social groups of European badgers Meles meles, throughout an 18-year study in a high-density population. We used 22 microsatellite loci to analyse within-group...
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