Modern open-source software helped the
researchers identify the male that killed a female and her two cubs
Date: February
27, 2018
Source:
Pensoft Publishers
Summary:
Scientists used a technology designed for
human forensics, to provide the first genetically documented observation of
infanticide in brown bears, following the murder of a female and her cubs in
Italy, where a small population has been genetically monitored for already 20
years. Despite being a common reproductive strategy in social mammals,
infanticide could threaten the long-term conservation of fragile populations
and even species.
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