Cooperatively breeding banded mongooses do not avoid inbreeding through familiarity-based kin recognition
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DOI: 10.1007/s00265-021-03076-3
Abstract: In species that live in family groups, such as cooperative breeders, inbreeding is usually avoided through the recognition of familiar kin. For example, individuals may avoid mating with conspecifics encountered regularly in infancy, as these… read more here.
Keywords: familiarity; breeding banded; inbreeding avoidance; banded mongooses ... See more keywords
Lack of inbreeding avoidance during mate selection in migratory monarch butterflies
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DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2022.104630
Abstract: Inbreeding is generally thought to have negative consequences for organismal health. However, despite the potential fitness effects, it remains surprisingly common among wild populations. In many cases, the complex factors that underlie mating dynamics make… read more here.
Keywords: migratory monarch; selection; inbreeding avoidance; monarch butterflies ... See more keywords
Mechanisms of inbreeding avoidance in a wild primate
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.082
Abstract: Inbreeding often imposes net fitness costs,1-5 leading to the expectation that animals will engage in inbreeding avoidance when the costs of doing so are not prohibitive.4-9 However, one recent meta-analysis indicates that animals of many… read more here.
Keywords: avoidance wild; inbreeding avoidance; avoidance; demographic behavioral ... See more keywords
Close‐kin mating, but not inbred parents, reduces hatching rates and offspring quality in a threatened tortoise
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DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13518
Abstract: Inbreeding depression, the reduction in fitness due to mating of related individuals, is of particular conservation concern in species with small, isolated populations. Although inbreeding depression is widespread in natural populations, long‐lived species may be… read more here.
Keywords: long lived; inbreeding avoidance; inbreeding depression; offspring quality ... See more keywords
Inbreeding and inbreeding avoidance in wild giant pandas
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.14284
Abstract: Inbreeding can have negative consequences on population and individual fitness, which could be counteracted by inbreeding avoidance mechanisms. However, the inbreeding risk and inbreeding avoidance mechanisms in endangered species are less studied. The giant panda,… read more here.
Keywords: wild giant; inbreeding avoidance; risk inbreeding; giant pandas ... See more keywords