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The genetics of maternal care: direct and indirect genetic effects on phenotype in the dung beetle Onthophagus taurus.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 14 May 2002

Hunt John, Simmons Leigh W

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While theoretical models of the evolution of parental care are based on the assumption of underlying genetic variance, surprisingly few quantitative genetic studies of this life-history trait exist. Estimation of the degree of genetic variance in parental care is important because it can be a significant source of maternal effects, which, if genetically based, represent indirect genetic effects. A major...

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PMID: 11983863
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.092676199
PMCID: PMC124488

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