Offspring dependence on parental care and the role of parental transfer of oral fluids in burying beetles

BACKGROUND: Immature stages of many animals can forage and feed on their own, whereas others depend on their parents’ assistance to obtain or process food. But how does such dependency evolve, and which offspring and parental traits are involved? Burying beetles (Nicrophorus) provide extensive bipar...

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Autores principales: Capodeanu-Nägler, Alexandra, Prang, Madlen A., Trumbo, Stephen T., Vogel, Heiko, Eggert, Anne-Katrin, Sakaluk, Scott K., Steiger, Sandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6116493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30279721
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-018-0278-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6116493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30279721
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-018-0278-5

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