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A general model for the evolution of nuptial gift-giving
2023-01-11
Abstract excerpt
Nuptial gift-giving occurs in several taxonomic groups including insects, snails, birds, squid, arachnids and humans. Although this trait has evolved many times independently, no general framework has been developed to predict the conditions necessary for nuptial gift-giving to evolve. We use a time-in time-out model to derive analytical results describing the requirements necessary for selection to favour nuptial...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 54090620-875d-51bf-96d2-8c5f11629007
- DOI
- 10.1101/2023.01.11.523385