Kith or Kin? Familiarity as a Cue to Kinship in Social Birds
Interacting with relatives provides opportunities for fitness benefits via kin-selected cooperation, but also creates potential costs through kin competition and inbreeding. Therefore, a mechanism for the discrimination of kin from non-kin is likely to be critical for individuals of many social spec...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-04-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2020.00077/full |