June 1, 2010 release of Gorrell et al. “Adopting kin enhances inclusive fitness in asocial red squirrels” in Nature Communications.

Press Embargo:  This paper is scheduled for Advance Online Publication (AOP) on Nature Communications’ website on 01 June at 1600 London time / 1100 US Eastern time, which is when the embargo will lift. Nature Communications is an online only journal. The online version of the article can be considered definitive. These papers will be citable via a digital object identifier (DOI) number. The DOI for this paper will be 10.1038/ncomms1022. Once the paper is published electronically, the DOI can be used to retrieve the paper by adding it to the following URL: http://dx.doi.org/

Press Releases:

Nature

University of Alberta

University of Guelph (.rtf) (.doc)

Complete Paper:

in Word format

Funding Agencies:

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

National Science Foundation

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada NSTP

Canadian Circumpolar Institute of the University of Alberta

Contact Information for Authors:

Jamieson C. Gorrell (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) Tel: +1 780 919 6240; E-mail: jgorrell@ualberta.ca

Dr. Andrew G. McAdam (University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada) Tel: +1 519 824 4120 ext.56826; E-mail: amcadam@uoguelph.ca

Dr. David W. Coltman (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) Tel: +1 780 492 7255; E-mail: david.coltman@ualberta.ca

Dr. Murray M. Humphries (McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada) Tel: +1 514 398 7885; E-mail: murray.humphries@mcgill.ca

Dr. Stan Boutin (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) Tel: +1 780 492 1297; E-mail: stan.boutin@ualberta.ca

Images

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Video

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