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The quantitative genetic basis of offspring solicitation and parental response in a passerine bird with biparental care.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Oct 2000
Kölliker M, Brinkhof M W, Heeb P, Fitze P S, Richner H
Abstract excerpt
The coevolution of parental investment and offspring solicitation is driven by partly different evolutionary interests of genes expressed in parents and their offspring. In species with biparental care, the outcome of this conflict may be influenced by the sexual conflict over parental investment. Models for the resolution of such family conflicts have made so far untested assumptions about genetic variation and...
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