Insect homolog of oxytocin/vasopressin associated with parenting of males but not females in a subsocial beetle
A. Potticary, C. Cunningham, E. McKinney, P. J. Moore, A. Belay, A. J. Moore
The paper investigates the role of inotocin, a homolog of oxytocin/vasopressin, in parenting behavior in the subsocial beetle Nicrophorus orbicollis, finding it associated with male but not female parenting.
bioRxiv · Jul 6, 2022Evolutionary Biology