Animal Behavior Screencasts

Development: Episode 8: Reformulation of Imprinting


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Konrad Lorenz’s original imprinting question concerned species recognition in relation to mate selection. This reformulation drills down to individual recognition as a possible mechanism underlying incest avoidance in relation to a model of optimal outbreeding posited by Sir Patrick Bateson.
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Animal Behavior ScreencastsBy David B. Miller