Paternity of Subordinates Raises Cooperative Effort in Cichlids

BACKGROUND: In cooperative breeders, subordinates generally help a dominant breeding pair to raise offspring. Parentage studies have shown that in several species subordinates can participate in reproduction. This suggests an important role of direct fitness benefits for cooperation, particularly wh...

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Autores principales: Bruintjes, Rick, Bonfils, Danielle, Heg, Dik, Taborsky, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3192049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22022428
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025673

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3192049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22022428
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025673

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