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Social structure of pilot whales revealed by analytical DNA profiling.

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 30 Apr 1993

Amos B, Schlötterer C, Tautz D

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Long-finned pilot whales swim in large, extremely cohesive social groups known as pods. Molecular typing revealed that pod members form a single extended family. Mature males neither disperse from nor mate within their natal pods, a situation unusual for mammals. Such behavior could be explained in terms of inclusive fitness benefits gained by adult males helping the large number of female relatives with which...

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PMID: 8480176
DOI: 10.1126/science.8480176

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