Our findings reveal how social structure and non-random dispersal generate hidden genetic structure and result in heterogenous rates of adaptive evolution.

Led by the *brilliant* Kasha Strickland!

#longterm

This demonstrates adaptive benefits of gene flow and no evidence for selection against males from outside the Crater.

Finally, additive genetic variance in fitness differed among clans. This is cool because it shows that evolutionary potential is unevenly distributed across the population.

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The differences were best explained by asymmetric dispersal between clans. This indicates that social processes drive population stratification.

We also found that hyenas with more foreigner ancestry (i.e., from outside the #Ngorongoro Crater) had higher fitness.

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Hi Eryn, we are Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecologists and would like to be added to the science feed. Cheers, Eve & Oliver

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