biparental
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This sort of biparental egg protection in insects is rare.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2024
Mitochondrial DNA was thought to derive exclusively from maternal egg cells, with no paternal contribution, but Luo et al. challenge this dogma, identifying three families with mtDNA heteroplasmy caused by biparental mitochondrial inheritance.
From Nature • Dec. 12, 2019
On other points – yes, you are right about the apparent correlation between mutual ornamentation and biparental care/monogamy.
From Scientific American • Jan. 5, 2012
Hence selection of biparental forms is a precarious process, now going forward, now backwards, now standing still.
From A Critique of the Theory of Evolution by Morgan, Thomas Hunt
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