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Inbreeding avoidance mechanisms: dispersal dynamics in cooperatively breeding southern pied babblers.
The Journal of animal ecology - 1 Jul 2012
Nelson-Flower Martha J, Hockey Philip A R, O'Ryan Colleen, Ridley Amanda R
Abstract excerpt
1. Breeding with kin can reduce individual fitness through the deleterious effects of inbreeding depression. Inbreeding avoidance mechanisms are expected to have developed in most species, and especially in cooperatively breeding species where individuals may delay dispersal until long after sexu...
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