Experimental evolution of a more restrained clutch size when filial cannibalism is prevented in burying beetles Nicrophorus vespilloides

The overproduction of offspring is commonly associated with high hatching failure and a mechanism for dispensing with surplus young. We used experimental evolution of burying beetle populations Nicrophorus vespilloides to determine causality in these correlations. We asked does eliminating the mecha...

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Main Authors: Halliwell, C. (Author), Kemp, R. (Author), Kilner, R.M (Author), Rebar, D. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons Ltd 2022
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