By using odors, the squirrels can distinguish familiar nestmates, who are close kin, from nonnestmates.

通过利用气味，这种松鼠能够辨别熟悉的巢伴、亲属和非巢伴。

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But we do know that the number of close kin in the group is not as important as the quality of social bonds that females form.

但我们知道，雌性狒狒在群体中的近亲数量不如她自己建立的社会联系质量那么重要。

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So there is a conflict of wanting to be close to your kin and kind, but not too close.

因此，想和自己亲戚或同类很近，但不能太近，这是一个冲突。

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"People have tests and wherever it's appropriate, people refrain from marrying in the close kin, but it will take time I think, " he said.

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Enter the IEEE 1394 architecture and its close kin FireWire, which takes the high-speed digital bus interface up to the wicked fast transfer rate of 400MB per second.

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Zafar Khan from the Luton Council of Faiths, who has been married to his first cousin for 36 years, said people were becoming more aware of medical science and the risks involved with marrying in the "close kin group".

BBC: Fifth of Luton's infant deaths linked to kin marriage