Mate choice: Female relatives share sexual partners in bats

Ido Pen; Gerald Kerth

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2005.10.059

Mate choice: Female relatives share sexual partners in bats

Ido Pen, Gerald Kerth

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Groups of female greater horseshoe bats share more than just caves. A long-term study has revealed that female relatives share males as well, but the adaptive significance of this family-wide mate fidelity remains obscure.

Originele taal-2	English
Pagina's (van-tot)	R927-R929
Aantal pagina's	3
Tijdschrift	Current Biology
Volume	15
Nummer van het tijdschrift	22
DOI's	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2005.10.059
Status	Published - 22-nov-2005

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