Genetic evidence for prevalence of alloparental care in a socially monogamous biparental cichlid fish, Perissodus microlepis, from Lake Tanganyika supports the “selfish shepherd effect” hypothesis

Alloparental care – care for unrelated young – is rare in animals, and its ecological or evolutionary advantages or, alternative maladaptive nature, remain unclear. We investigate alloparental care in the socially monogamous cichlid fish Perissodus microlepis from Lake Tanganyika that exhibits bi‐pa...

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Autores principales: Lee, Hyuk Je, Heim, Valentin, Meyer, Axel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4863010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27217943
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2089

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4863010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27217943
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2089

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