Causes and consequences of incest avoidance in the cooperatively breeding mole-rat, Cryptomys darlingi (Bathyergidae)

Ecology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 318-328

  Greeff, Jaco M ^a   Bennett, Nigel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bathyergidae; Cooperative breeding; Eusociality; Inbreeding depression; Incest avoidance; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; RODENT;

CRYPTOMYS DARLINGI;

EID: 0033891589     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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