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Mothers in a cooperatively breeding bird increase investment per offspring at the pre-natal stage when they will have more help with post-natal care

In many cooperative societies, including our own, helpers assist with the post-natal care of breeders’ young and may thereby benefit the post-natal development of offspring. Here, we present evidence of a novel mechanism by which such post-natal helping could also have beneficial effects on pre-nata...

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Autores principales: Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo, Wilson, Alastair J., Young, Andrew J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10635431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37943730
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002356