Animal Behavior: The Family that Works Together Stays Together

نویسنده

  • Michael J. Ryan
چکیده

A new study shows that biparental care in frogs is more likely to evolve when tadpoles are reared under environmentally harsh conditions. Biparental care facilitates both social monogamy and genetic monogamy; frogs that work together to raise their offspring have higher mating fidelity to one another.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Current Biology

دوره 20  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010