Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

The evolution of parental care diversity in amphibians

  • Andrew I. Furness,
  • Isabella Capellini

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12608-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Parental care can take many forms but how this diversity arises is not well understood. Here, the authors compile data for over 1300 amphibian species and show that different forms of care evolve at different rates, prolonged care can be easily reduced, and biparental care is evolutionarily unstable.