Male turkeys often cruise for mates in pairs, but the sidekick seems like the real turkey. He doesn’t get the girl. So, what’s in it for him? A classic answer might be right, recent tests show.
More than 30 years ago, researchers proposed that in an uncertain world, a brother helping his sibling find mates could pass along enough shared genes to compensate for not fathering on his own.
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