Gardner Andy, West Stuart A
Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK.
Curr Biol. 2007 Sep 18;17(18):R810-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.07.030.
Animals should benefit from the ability to recognise their kin, yet curiously this faculty is often absent. New theory confirms that genetic kin recognition is inherently unstable, explaining its rarity.
动物本应能从识别亲属的能力中受益,但奇怪的是,这种能力往往并不存在。新理论证实,基因亲属识别本质上是不稳定的,这就解释了它为何罕见。