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Kin assortment in juvenile shoals in wild guppy populations.
Heredity - 1 May 2011
Piyapong C, Butlin R K, Faria J J, Scruton K J, Wang J, Krause J
Abstract excerpt
Grouping provides many potential benefits to individuals in terms of foraging and anti-predator protection. However, it has been suggested that individuals could gain additional benefits in terms of indirect fitness by grouping with kin. Surprisingly, the genetic composition of wild fish shoals and the importance of kin-associated shoaling remain poorly understood. The Trinidadian guppy (Poecilia reticulata) has...
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