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Evolutionary ecology of pipefish brooding structures: embryo survival and growth do not improve with a pouch

For animals that reproduce in water, many adaptations in life‐history traits such as egg size, parental care, and behaviors that relate to embryo oxygenation are still poorly understood. In pipefishes, seahorses and seadragons, males care for the embryos either in some sort of brood pouch, or attach...

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Autores principales: Braga Goncalves, Ines, Ahnesjö, Ingrid, Kvarnemo, Charlotta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4864203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27231531
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2139