Mandrill mothers associate with infants who look like their own offspring using phenotype matching
Behavioral discrimination of kin is a key process structuring social relationships in animals. In this study, we provide evidence for discrimination towards non-kin by third-parties through a mechanism of phenotype matching. In mandrills, we recently demonstrated increased facial resemblance among p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2022-11-01
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| Series: | eLife |
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/79417 |