Evidence for a postreproductive phase in female false killer whales Pseudorca crassidens

BACKGROUND: A substantial period of life after reproduction ends, known as postreproductive lifespan (PRLS), is at odds with classical life history theory and its causes and mechanisms have puzzled evolutionary biologists for decades. Prolonged PRLS has been confirmed in only two non-human mammals,...

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Autores principales: Photopoulou, Theoni, Ferreira, Ines M., Best, Peter B., Kasuya, Toshio, Marsh, Helene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5479012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28649267
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-017-0208-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5479012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28649267
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-017-0208-y

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