Researchers find incest in one mammal species appears to be the safest approach

(Phys.org)—A small team of researchers with members from the U.K. and Germany has found an example of a mammal that practices frequent incest. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, the team describes their study of banded mongoose in their native environment in Uganda and how they found an unusually high degree of incest and offer some suggestions as to why it occurs with them.

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