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Sexual selection of male parental care in giant water bugs

Paternal care can be maintained under sexual selection, if it helps in attracting more mates. We tested the hypothesis in two giant water bug species, Appasus major and Appasus japonicus, that male parental care is sexually selected through female preference for caring males. Females were given an o...

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Autores principales: Ohba, Shin-ya, Okuda, Noboru, Kudo, Shin-ichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4892440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27293778
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150720