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Complex sexually dimorphic traits shape the parallel evolution of a novel reproductive strategy in Sulawesi ricefishes (Adrianichthyidae).
BMC ecology and evolution - 20 Apr 2021
Spanke Tobias, Hilgers Leon, Wipfler Benjamin, Flury Jana M, Nolte Arne W, Utama Ilham V, Misof Bernhard, Herder Fabian, Schwarzer Julia
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BACKGROUND: Pelvic brooding is a form of uni-parental care, and likely evolved in parallel in two lineages of Sulawesi ricefishes. Contrary to all other ricefishes, females of pelvic brooding species do not deposit eggs at a substrate (transfer brooding), but carry them until the fry hatches. We assume that modifications reducing the costs of egg carrying are beneficial for pelvic brooding females, but likely...
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