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Genetic effects on mating success and partner choice in a social mammal.
The American naturalist - 1 Jul 2012
Tung Jenny, Charpentier Marie J E, Mukherjee Sayan, Altmann Jeanne, Alberts Susan C
Abstract excerpt
Mating behavior has profound consequences for two phenomena--individual reproductive success and the maintenance of species boundaries--that contribute to evolutionary processes. Studies of mating behavior in relation to individual reproductive success are common in many species, but studies of mating behavior in relation to genetic variation and species boundaries are less commonly conducted in socially complex...
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