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| Any form of parental behavior that appears likely to increase the fitness of a parent's offspring. |
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| Any form of parental behavior that increases an individual offspring's fitness at the cost of the parent's ability to invest in future offspring |
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| Types of Parental Care (5) |
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Care before birth
Investment in gametes
Care of eggs
Provisioning/protecting young
Care following nutritional independence |
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Reduced future survival
Reduced mating opportunities |
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| Alternative Hypothesis for Providing Financial Care |
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Confidence of Paternity
Order of gamete Release
Association |
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| Inclusive Fitness = Individual fitness + indirect fitness |
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| Past investment should not influence future investment - only prospects of future success. |
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