Mate choice: female relatives share sexual partners in bats.
Groups of female greater horseshoe bats share more than just caves. A long-term study has revealed that female relatives share males as well, but the adaptive significance of this family-wide mate fidelity remains obscure.
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Theoretical Biology Group, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. i.r.pen@rug.nl
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D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D005828:Genetics, Population; D010375:Pedigree; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*