Evidence of adoption, monozygotic twinning, and low inbreeding rates in a large genetic pedigree of polar bears
René M. Malenfant, David W. Coltman, Evan S. Richardson, Nicholas J. Lunn, Ian Stirling, Elizabeth Adamowicz, Corey S. Davis
The paper constructs a large polar bear pedigree using genetic data, identifies monozygotic twinning, and documents cub adoption without inbreeding.
bioRxiv · Dec 15, 2015Zoology