Assortative mating for relatedness in a large naturally occurring population of Drosophila melanogaster
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Assortative mating for relatedness in a large naturally occurring population of Drosophila melanogaster.
New theoretical work on kin selection and inclusive fitness benefits predicts that individuals will sometimes choose close or intermediate relatives as mates to maximize their fitness. However, empirical examples supporting such predictions are rare. In this study, we look for such evidence in a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster. We compared mating and nonmating individuals to test ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Evolutionary Biology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1010-061X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02466.x