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The legacy of privilege: Social inheritance reverses sex differences in reproductive inequality in spotted hyenas
2025-12-02
Abstract excerpt
Inequalities in reproductive success among females and males shape natural and sexual selec-tion, as well as genetic diversity. A key mechanism influencing reproductive inequality in humans and other animals is the social inheritance of privilege. Using a 29-year dataset spanning eight generations of spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta), a species in which social status is maternally inherited, we show that inheritanc...
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- Literature Corpus work
- f496492f-d17d-5717-bb2c-66549b8e4083
- DOI
- 10.32942/x2ds9p