Banded mongooses discriminate relatedness and MHC diversity in unfamiliar conspecifics

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Nadine Schubert

, Carolin Stober, Maibrit Born, Francis Mwanguhya, Robert Businge, Solomon Kyabulima, Kenneth Mwesige, Michael A Cant

, Hazel Nichols

, Jamie C Winternitz

Behavioral Ecology, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Start page: araf144

Swansea University Author: Hazel Nichols

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DOI (Published version): 10.1093/beheco/araf144

Published in:	Behavioral Ecology
ISSN:	1045-2249 1465-7279
Published:	Oxford University Press (OUP) 2026
Online Access:	Check full text
URI:	https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa71213

Keywords:	anal gland; chemical communication; familiarity; inbreeding; MHC; mungos mungo; relatedness; secretion; social signaling
College:	Faculty of Science and Engineering
Funders:	This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (Project number 416495992 to JW; as part of the SFB TRR 212 (NC3)—Project numbers 316099922 and 396780709), by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Research Fellowship to HJN), and by the Leverhulme Trust (International Fellowship, grant reference: IAF-2018-006 to HJN).
Issue:	1
Start Page:	araf144