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Hurry-up and hatch: selective filial cannibalism of slower developing eggs

Filial cannibalism (the consumption of one's own offspring) is thought to represent an adaptive strategy in many animals. However, little is known about the details of which offspring are consumed when a parent cannibalizes. Here, we examined patterns of within-brood filial cannibalism in the s...

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Auteurs principaux: Klug, Hope, Lindström, Kai
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: The Royal Society 2008
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2429927/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18252661
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0589
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