Examination of the Trexler-DeAngelis Model of Maternal Provisioning Reveals That Matrotrophy Is Costly

The evolution of matrotrophy (post-fertilization maternal provisioning to developing embryos) has been explained through several hypotheses. Trexler and DeAngelis proposed in 2003 a theoretical model that defines the ecological conditions under which matrotrophy would be favored over lecithotrophy (...

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Main Authors: Nabila Saleh-Subaie, Gonzalo A. Ramírez-Cruz, J. Jaime Zúñiga-Vega
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.690430/full