Transgenerational effects of parent and grandparent gender on offspring development in a biparental beetle species

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 408-411

  Lock, Judith E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biparental care; Burying beetle; Maternal effect

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; GENDER; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SELECTION;

COLEOPTERA; NICROPHORUS VESPILLOIDES;

EID: 84861514043     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0920     Document Type: Article

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