Moderate multiple parentage and low genetic variation reduces the potential for genetic incompatibility avoidance despite high risk of inbreeding

Background Polyandry is widespread throughout the animal kingdom. In the absence of direct benefits of mating with different males, the underlying basis for polyandry is enigmatic because it can carry considerable costs such as elevated exposure to sexual diseases, physical injury or other direct...

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Main Authors: Tuni, Cristina, Goodacre, Sara, Bechsgaard, Jesper, Bilde, Trine
Format: Article
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2803/

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