References & Sources  -  September 12, 1998

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How fish find brothers and sisters

Fish that recognize siblings they’ve never met may be checking cues controlled by immune-system genes.

 

References:

Olsén, K.H., et al. 1998. MHC and kin discrimination in juvenile Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus (L.). Animal Behaviour 56(August):319.

 

Sources:

Håkan Olsén
Uppsala University
Department of Environmental Toxicology
Norbyvägen 18A
S-752 36 Uppsala
Sweden

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 11, September 12, 1998, p. 168.
Copyright © 1998 by Science Service.

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