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Anim Behav. 2014 Jul;93(100):135-141. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.04.028.

Multiple paternity does not depend on male genetic diversity.

Animal behaviour

Kerstin E Thonhauser, Shirley Raveh, Dustin J Penn

Affiliations

  1. Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria.
  2. Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria ; Department of Environmental Sciences, Zoology and Evolution, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

PMID: 25018559 PMCID: PMC4087292 DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.04.028

Abstract

Polyandry is common in many species and it has been suggested that females engage in multiple mating to increase the genetic diversity of their offspring (genetic diversity hypothesis). Multiple paternity occurs in 30% of litters in wild populations of house mice,

Keywords: Mus; extrapair paternity; genetic diversity; inbreeding; major histocompatibility complex (MHC); multiple paternity

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