Paternity loss in contrasting mammalian societies.
Recent genetic analyses show that, in social mammals, loss of paternity by breeding males varies with strategies of mate guarding rather than with the degree of polygyny.
Clutton-Brock
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Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK. thcb@hermes.cam.ac.uk
Isvaran
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D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008322:Mammals / Q000502:physiology*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010152:Pair Bond; D010334:Paternity; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*