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Merger fraction as a function of normalised local density for (a) visually confirmed mergers and (b) merger candidates. The entire galaxy sample (orange triangles), field galaxies (purple stars), group galaxies (blue circles), satellite galaxies (green crosses) and central galaxies (red pluses) are shown, along with their fitted linear trends. Best fit parameters can be found in Appendix B.

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