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The scent of inbreeding: a male sex pheromone betrays inbred males

Inbreeding depression results from mating among genetically related individuals and impairs reproductive success. The decrease in male mating success is usually attributed to an impact on multiple fitness-related traits that reduce the general condition of inbred males. Here, we find that the produc...

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Main Authors: van Bergen, Erik, Brakefield, Paul M., Heuskin, Stéphanie, Zwaan, Bas J., Nieberding, Caroline M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3619463/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23466986
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0102
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