Polygynandry

Polygynandry

Polygynandry occurs when two or more males have an exclusive relationship with two or more females. The numbers of males and females need not be equal, and in vertebrate species studied so far, the number of males is usually lower.

References

* [http://kosmos.icm.edu.pl/PDF/2006/83.pdf Kosmos - Problemy Nauk Biologicznych]

ee also

Group marriage


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