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Water mold infection but not paternity induces selective filial cannibalism in a goby
Many animals heavily invest in parental care but still reject at least some of their offspring. Although seemingly paradoxical, selection can favor parents to neglect offspring of particularly low reproductive value, for example, because of small survival chances. We here assess whether filial canni...
Autores principales: | Vallon, Martin, Anthes, Nils, Heubel, Katja U. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5513269/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28725393 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2403 |
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