Adaptive Prolonged Postreproductive Life Span in Killer Whales

Killer whale mothers continue to help their adult male offspring to survive long after ceasing reproduction.

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Foster, Emma A., Franks, Daniel W., Mazzi, Sonia, Darden, Safi K., Balcomb, Ken C., Ford, John K. B., Croft, Darren P.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2012
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1224198
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1224198
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spelling craaas:10.1126/science.1224198 2024-10-06T13:50:22+00:00 Adaptive Prolonged Postreproductive Life Span in Killer Whales Foster, Emma A. Franks, Daniel W. Mazzi, Sonia Darden, Safi K. Balcomb, Ken C. Ford, John K. B. Croft, Darren P. 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1224198 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1224198 en eng American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science volume 337, issue 6100, page 1313-1313 ISSN 0036-8075 1095-9203 journal-article 2012 craaas https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1224198 2024-09-12T04:01:32Z Killer whale mothers continue to help their adult male offspring to survive long after ceasing reproduction. Article in Journal/Newspaper Killer Whale Killer whale AAAS Resource Center (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Science 337 6100 1313 1313
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author Foster, Emma A.
Franks, Daniel W.
Mazzi, Sonia
Darden, Safi K.
Balcomb, Ken C.
Ford, John K. B.
Croft, Darren P.
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Franks, Daniel W.
Mazzi, Sonia
Darden, Safi K.
Balcomb, Ken C.
Ford, John K. B.
Croft, Darren P.
Adaptive Prolonged Postreproductive Life Span in Killer Whales
author_facet Foster, Emma A.
Franks, Daniel W.
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title Adaptive Prolonged Postreproductive Life Span in Killer Whales
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title_fullStr Adaptive Prolonged Postreproductive Life Span in Killer Whales
title_full_unstemmed Adaptive Prolonged Postreproductive Life Span in Killer Whales
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