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Inbreeding in a Fission-Fusion Equid Decreases Following an Increase in the Number and Redistribution of Water Sources.
Molecular ecology - 1 Aug 2026
Kan-Lingwood Noa Yaffa, Templeton Alan R, Shahar Naama, Rubenstein Daniel I, Bouskila Amos, Bar-David Shirli
Abstract excerpt
Social structures and habitat configuration influence inbreeding in wild populations. In harem-forming, female-defence polygynous equids, social organization promotes inbreeding avoidance, but this has not been studied in fission-fusion, resource-defence equid species. Because reproduction depends on solitary males establishing territories near resources, shifts in resource distribution are expected to affect...
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