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Wild mongooses avoid inbreeding with unusual reproductive strategy

2015-06-11 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] Researchers studying banded mongooses in Uganda have discovered that these small mammals are able to discriminate between relatives and non-relatives to avoid inbreeding even when mating within their own closely related social group. Inbreeding can be a big problem for social species such as banded mongooses because they grow up in social groups consisting mainly of close relatives. This study is the first to suggest that social animals are able to avoid the co…

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