High frequency of multiple paternity in broods of a socially monogamous cichlid fish with biparental nest defence.

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In several animal taxa, genetic analyses have demonstrated that social monogamy and biparental brood care do not preclude polygamous reproduction. Few studies have been conducted in fish, but in fish species without alternative reproductive phenotypes, social monogamy was largely congruent with g...

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