Insufficient data render comparative analyses of the evolution of cooperative breeding mere speculation: A reply to Dey et al.

Michael Taborsky; Stephan Koblmüller; Kristina M. Sefc; Matthew McGee; Masanori Kohda; Satoshi Awata; Michio Hori; Joachim G. Frommen

doi:10.1111/eth.12929

Insufficient data render comparative analyses of the evolution of cooperative breeding mere speculation: A reply to Dey et al.

Michael Taborsky, Stephan Koblmüller, Kristina M. Sefc, Matthew McGee, Masanori Kohda, Satoshi Awata, Michio Hori, Joachim G. Frommen

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Dey et al. (2019) claim to have “demonstrated that transitions to cooperative breeding in Lamprologine cichlids were not related to a species’ social mating system” in their previous study of these fishes (Dey et al., 2017). They assert that our challenge of this conclusion (Tanaka et al., 2018) was unjustified. By focussing on the most important points of their critique, we here explain why this allegation is unfounded.

Original language	English
Number of pages	4
Journal	Ethology
Volume	125
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.12929
Publication status	Published - Nov 2019

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