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Genetic consequences of group living in Mongolian gerbils.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Wang Yanni, Liu Wei, Wang G M, Zhong Wenqin, Wan Xinrong
Abstract excerpt
Social behavior can shape the local population genetic structure of mammals. Group living can increase pairwise genetic relatedness of mammals at a local level but differentiate the genetic structure at a population level through offspring philopatry and nonrandom mating. Our study aimed to test the hypothesis that social groups of Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) would consist of genetically related...
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