Mixed parentage in Neolamprologus pulcher groups

Abstract

Genetic data collected on co‐operatively breeding Neolamprologus pulcher groups from Lake Tanganyika revealed mixed parentage in 80% of the groups examined. A case (1/11) of shared maternity was detected where a subordinate female bred alongside the dominant female in a social group. Extra‐pair paternity was assigned to other dominant males who held their own social groups, but subordinate males were not found to father young in any group (0/9).

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