Recrudescence of sexual activity in a reproductively quiescent colony of the Damaraland mole‐rat (Cryptomys damarensis), by the introduction of an unfamiliar and genetically unrelated male—a case of incest avoidance in‘queenless’colonies
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- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 241 (1), 185-202
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb05508.x
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