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An evolutionary switch from sibling rivalry to sibling cooperation, caused by a sustained loss of parental care

Sibling rivalry is commonplace within animal families, yet offspring can also work together to promote each other’s fitness. Here we show that the extent of parental care can determine whether siblings evolve to compete or to cooperate. Our experiments focus on the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespill...

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Publicado en:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Main Authors: Rebar, Darren, Bailey, Nathan W., Jarrett, Benjamin J. M., Kilner, Rebecca M.
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2020
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7007579/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31964847
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1911677117
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