Egalitarian cooperation linked to central oxytocin levels in communal breeding house mice

Abstract Relationships between adult females are fundamental to understanding diversity in animal social systems. While cooperative relationships between kin are known to promote fitness benefits, the proximate mechanisms underlying this are not well understood. Here we show that when related female...

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Main Authors: Stefan Fischer, Callum Duffield, William T. Swaney, Rhiannon L. Bolton, Amanda J. Davidson, Jane L. Hurst, Paula Stockley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-09-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06922-y
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