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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2023
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| 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 |