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Feral Pigeons (Columba livia) prefer genetically similar mates despite Inbreeding depression

Jacob, Gwenaël ; Prévot, Anne-Caroline ; Baudry, Emmanuelle

In: PLOS ONE, 2016, vol. 11, no. 9, p. e0162451

Avoidance of mating between related individuals is usually considered adaptive because it decreases the probability of inbreeding depression in offspring. However, mating between related partners can be adaptive if outbreeding depression is stronger than inbreeding depression or if females gain inclusive fitness benefits by mating with close kin. In the present study, we used microsatellite...