Thrilled to see our burying beetle model system on the front cover of Journal of Chemical Ecology! We show that maternal pheromone emission during care shows consistent individual differences and appears to reflect maternal investment. @johannes-stoekl.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Our new paper is out in Frontiers in Zoology on the molecular basis of parental care. We show that in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides, extensive molecular reprogramming already occurs before offspring hatch. Congrats to Julius! #Nicrophorus
Volker Nehring@volkernehring.bsky.social · 3mo agoBeetle brood care looks exhausting, too link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Nicrophorus
Kinship as a double-edged sword: relatedness among burying beetle larvae enhances growth but increases mortality: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #BiologyLetters #ecology Image credit: Jacy Lucier
After some years in the making, I’m happy to share our new paper on the benefits of care. By breeding 17 carrion beetle species, we show that parental protection and feeding both promote faster offspring growth. Thanks to Anne, Madlen, and all the fantastic coauthors academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
Parental care liberates juvenile growth: a common-garden test of the evolutionary benefits of care
Abstract. Effects on juvenile growth have long been considered an important benefit of parental care, but they have rarely been tested empirically. Protect
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The EAE group really enjoyed #DZG2025 in Berlin — great talks, inspiring discussions, and lots of fun!
New study on the effect of relatedness on larval cooperation in burying beetles: sibs boost growth, strangers boost survival. doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... Congrats to Paul Huber and Daniel Wittmann!
Kinship as a double-edged sword: relatedness among burying beetle larvae enhances growth but increases mortality | Biology Letters
Theoretical and empirical considerations suggest that relatedness can have complex effects on social life. While high relatedness may promote sibling cooperation and altruism through indirect fitness ...
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