doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.03.014.
Animal behavior: the family that works together stays together
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Animal behavior: the family that works together stays together
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Abstract
A new study shows that biparental care in frogs is more likely to evolve when tadpoles are reared under environmentally harsh conditions. Biparental care facilitates both social monogamy and genetic monogamy; frogs that work together to raise their offspring have higher mating fidelity to one another.
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