QUANTITATIVE GENETICS OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT TIME IN THE BURYING BEETLE NICROPHORUS PUSTULATUS IN THE PRESENCE AND ABSENCE OF POST-HATCHING PARENTAL CARE

Despite a growing interest in the evolutionary aspects of maternal effects, few studies have examined the genetic consequences of maternal effects associated with parental care. To begin to provide data on nonlaboratory or nondomestic animals, we compared the effect of presence and absence of parent...

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