Title: | Parental Care: When the Sex Has to Stop |
Address: | "Centre for Ecology & Conservation, College of Life & Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK. Electronic address: n.j.royle@exeter.ac.uk" |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.cub.2016.04.052 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1879-0445 (Electronic) 0960-9822 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "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" |
Keywords: | "Animals *Coleoptera Female Male Pheromones Reproduction Sexual Behavior *Sexual Behavior, Animal;" |
Notes: | "MedlineRoyle, Nick J eng Comment England 2016/06/09 Curr Biol. 2016 Jun 6; 26(11):R478-80. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.04.052" |