Behavioural Ecology: Promiscuous Fathers Sire Young that Recognize True Family

Mark E. Hauber; Rebecca J J. Safran

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2006.08.036

Behavioural Ecology: Promiscuous Fathers Sire Young that Recognize True Family

Mark E. Hauber, Rebecca J J. Safran

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Abstract

Most theories of kin selection assume that animals are able to distinguish relatives from non-relatives. This is especially difficult in situations where mixed parentage precludes that relatedness is recognised by familiarity. Recent work shows that, within the same brood, young bluegill sunfish that are fathered by cuckolders - but not those sired by parental males - pick out their relatives using self-referent phenotype matching and not familiarity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	R797-R800
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	16
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2006.08.036
State	Published - Sep 19 2006

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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)

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Hauber, M. E., & Safran, RJ. J. (2006). Behavioural Ecology: Promiscuous Fathers Sire Young that Recognize True Family. Current Biology, 16(18), R797-R800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2006.08.036

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