Coevolution of parental investment and sexually selected traits drives sex-role divergence

Females tend to invest more than males in caring for offspring, which has been argued to be a consequence of the small initial difference in investment in eggs versus sperm. Here, Fromhage and Jennions formalize this argument mathematically in a model of the evolution of sex roles in parental care.

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Autores principales:	Lutz Fromhage, Michael D. Jennions
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2016
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cdfca50f2388435780f63bf97ace54102021-12-02T15:34:33ZCoevolution of parental investment and sexually selected traits drives sex-role divergence10.1038/ncomms125172041-1723https://doaj.org/article/cdfca50f2388435780f63bf97ace54102016-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12517https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Females tend to invest more than males in caring for offspring, which has been argued to be a consequence of the small initial difference in investment in eggs versus sperm. Here, Fromhage and Jennions formalize this argument mathematically in a model of the evolution of sex roles in parental care.Lutz FromhageMichael D. JennionsNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2016)
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description	Females tend to invest more than males in caring for offspring, which has been argued to be a consequence of the small initial difference in investment in eggs versus sperm. Here, Fromhage and Jennions formalize this argument mathematically in a model of the evolution of sex roles in parental care.
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title	Coevolution of parental investment and sexually selected traits drives sex-role divergence
title_short	Coevolution of parental investment and sexually selected traits drives sex-role divergence
title_full	Coevolution of parental investment and sexually selected traits drives sex-role divergence
title_fullStr	Coevolution of parental investment and sexually selected traits drives sex-role divergence
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Coevolution of parental investment and sexually selected traits drives sex-role divergence

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