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Microgeographic socio-genetic structure of an African cooperative breeding passerine revealed: integrating behavioural and genetic data.
Molecular ecology - 1 Feb 2012
Ribeiro A M, Lloyd P, Feldheim K A, Bowie Rauri C K
Abstract excerpt
Dispersal can be motivated by multiple factors including sociality. Dispersal behaviour affects population genetic structure that in turn reinforces social organization. We combined observational information with individual-based genetic data in the Karoo scrub-robin, a facultative cooperatively breeding bird, to understand how social bonds within familial groups affect mating patterns, cause sex asymmetry in...
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