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Parental Care: When the Sex Has to Stop

Current Biology
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.04.052
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How is sexual conflict during reproduction resolved when parents collaborate to rear offspring? A new study shows that female burying beetles communicate their hormonal status to their male partners to avoid costly superfluous mating, using an anti-aphrodisiac pheromone.

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Royle, N. J. (2016). Parental Care: When the Sex Has to Stop. Current Biology. Cell Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.04.052

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