Brotherly love benefits females

Scott Pitnick () and David W. Pfennig ()
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Scott Pitnick: Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA.
David W. Pfennig: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.

Nature, 2014, vol. 505, issue 7485, 626-627

Abstract: Mating competition between males often has harmful consequences for females. But it seems that fruit flies alter their behaviour among kin, with brothers being less aggressive and females reproducing for longer as a result. See Letter p.672

Date: 2014
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