Mechanisms and contexts of kin recognition in female house mice
As relatives share genes that are identical by descent, organisms can gain additional fitness benefits by improving the reproductive success of known kin. There are a number of costs associated with close inbreeding, including an increased likelihood of the expression of recessive deleterious allele...
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University of Liverpool
2012
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.592773 |