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The genetic basis of inbreeding avoidance in house mice

A new study appearing online on Nov. 8 in Current Biology, a publication of Cell Press, offers new insight into how wild house mice avoid mating with their relatives. The mice rely on a diverse set of specially evolved proteins in their urine, called major urinary proteins, to identify relatives and avoid mating with them.

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