A hierarchical analysis of incest avoidance in a cooperative breeder
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Janis L. Dickinson,a Çağlar Akçay,b Elise Ferree,c and Caitlin Sternd aCornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA, bDepartment of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Derring Hall, 1405 Perry Street, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA, cKeck Science Department, Claremont-McKenna, Scripps and Pitzer Colleges, Keck Science Center, 925 North MMills Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711, USA, and dThe Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
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تاریخ انتشار 2016