All Outputs (3)

Kin recognition for incest avoidance in Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis (2024)
Journal Article
Leedale, A. E., Vullioud, P., Seager, D., Zöttl, M., Glauser, G., & Clutton-Brock, T. (2024). Kin recognition for incest avoidance in Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 291(2033), Article 20241138. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1138

Across taxa, breeding among close relatives is usually avoided because it incurs fitness costs to offspring. Incest is often averted through the dispersal of either sex from the natal area to breed. In some philopatric species, association among rela... Read More about Kin recognition for incest avoidance in Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis.

Evidence for inbreeding depression in captive Damaraland mole-rats. (2024)
Journal Article
Seager, D., Leedale, A. E., Thorley, J. B., Vullioud, P., Zöttl, M., & Clutton-Brock, T. (2024). Evidence for inbreeding depression in captive Damaraland mole-rats. Biology Letters, 20(10), 20240407. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0407

Mating between closely related individuals can result in a reduction in offspring fitness, known as inbreeding depression. Here, we investigate whether breeding with close relatives affects the reproductive output of parents and the development of th... Read More about Evidence for inbreeding depression in captive Damaraland mole-rats..

The Evolution of Kin Discrimination Across the Tree of Life (2024)
Journal Article

Kin discrimination, the differential treatment of conspecifics based on kinship, occurs across the tree of life, from animals to plants to fungi to bacteria. When kin and nonkin interact, the ability to identify kin enables individuals to increase th... Read More about The Evolution of Kin Discrimination Across the Tree of Life.