Sexual selection of male parental care in giant water bugs

dc.contributor.author	Ohba, Shin-ya	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Okuda, Noboru	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ichi Kudo, Shin	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2016-07-04T03:49:01Z
dc.date.available	2016-07-04T03:49:01Z
dc.date.issued	2016	en_US
dc.identifier.other	HPU4160371	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://lib.hpu.edu.vn/handle/123456789/21887
dc.description.abstract	Paternal care can be maintained under sexual selection, if it helps in attracting more mates. We tested the hypothesis in two giant water bug species,Appasus majorandAppasus japonicus, that male parental care is sexually selected through female preference for caring males. Females were given an opportunity to choose between two males. In the first test of female mate choice, one male carried eggs on its back, while the other did not	en_US
dc.format.extent	7 p.	en_US
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Biology	en_US
dc.subject	Behaviour	en_US
dc.subject	Evolution	en_US
dc.subject	Belostomatidae	en_US
dc.subject	Egg-bearing	en_US
dc.subject	Mate choice	en_US
dc.subject	Paternal care	en_US
dc.subject	Sexual selection	en_US
dc.title	Sexual selection of male parental care in giant water bugs	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.size	489KB	en_US
dc.department	Education	en_US