An observation of incest avoidance in Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
Free-ranging Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) tends to avoid inbreeding, but there is no information about how they manage this avoidance. Our observation of a female wolf in Yellowstone National Park actively rebuffing her father’s sexual advances but then copulating with a distantly related male is the fir...
Published in: | The Canadian Field-Naturalist |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
2024
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Online Access: | https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/2971 https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v137i3.2971 |
Summary: | Free-ranging Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) tends to avoid inbreeding, but there is no information about how they manage this avoidance. Our observation of a female wolf in Yellowstone National Park actively rebuffing her father’s sexual advances but then copulating with a distantly related male is the first and only report of one means by which wolf pack members avoid inbreeding. |
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