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Energetic Benefits of Sociality Offset the Costs of Parasitism in a Cooperative Mammal

Sociality and particularly advanced forms of sociality such as cooperative breeding (living in permanent groups with reproductive division of labour) is relatively rare among vertebrates. A suggested constraint on the evolution of sociality is the elevated transmission rate of parasites between grou...

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Autores principales: Lutermann, Heike, Bennett, Nigel C., Speakman, John R., Scantlebury, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3581474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23451285
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057969