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SUBMITTER: Furness AI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6797795 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Furness Andrew I AI Capellini Isabella I
Nature communications 20191017 1
Parental care is extremely diverse across species, ranging from simple behaviours to complex adaptations, varying in duration and in which sex cares. Surprisingly, we know little about how such diversity has evolved. Here, using phylogenetic comparative methods and data for over 1300 amphibian species, we show that egg attendance, arguably one of the simplest care behaviours, is gained and lost faster than any other care form, while complex adaptations, like brooding and viviparity, are lost at ...[more]