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Yitzchak Ben Mocha

University of KonstanzORCID 0000-0002-9946-1936Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1

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Andrew N. RadfordiD· 2 shared Lucia Bruscagnin· 2 shared Maike Woith· 2 shared Natalie KesteliD· 2 shared Sophie Scemama de Gialluly· 2 shared Ana V. LeitãoiD· 1 shared Andrea PilastroiD· 1 shared Carla RestrepoiD· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 1/yr

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Allonursing (Co-BreeD): Its prevalence, functions and hypotheses across mammals and human cultures

Yitzchak Ben Mocha, Maike Woith, Sophie Scemama de Gialluly, Lucia Bruscagnin, Laura Pipper, Natalie Kestel, Sonny Agustin Bechayda, Nikhil Chaudhary, Christine M. K. Clarke, Paul A. Garber, Lee T. Gettler, Andrea Pilastro, Rubén D. Quintana, Andrew N. Radford, Heinz Richner, , Michael Michael Griesser

This study compiles the largest allonursing dataset from wild populations and analyzes its distribution, mechanisms, and functions across mammals and human cultures.

bioRxiv · Jan 12, 2026 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Advancing cooperative breeding research with a peer-reviewed and "live" Cooperative-Breeding Database (Co-BreeD)

Yitzchak Ben Mocha, Maike Woith, Sophie Scemama de Gialluly, Lucia Bruscagnin, Natalie Kestel, Shai Markman, Szymon Marian Drobniak, Vittorio Baglione, Jordan Boersma, Laurence Cousseau, Rita Covas, Guilherme Henrique Braga de Miranda, Cody J. Dey, Claire Doutrelant, Roman Gula, , Michael Griesser

The paper introduces Co-BreeD, a peer-reviewed and updatable database for cooperative breeding research, showing cooperative breeding is more prevalent than previously estimated.

Journal of Animal Ecology · Oct 23, 2025Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition