Parental care results in a greater mutation load, for which it is also a phenotypic antidote

Benevolent social behaviours, such as parental care, are thought to enable mildly deleterious mutations to persist. We tested this prediction experimentally using the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides, an insect with biparental care. For 20 generations, we allowed replicate experimental buryin...

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Autores principales: Pascoal, Sonia, Shimadzu, Hideyasu, Mashoodh, Rahia, Kilner, Rebecca M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2023
Materias:
Evolution
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10206465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37221850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0115

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10206465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37221850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0115

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