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  • Title: Evolution of parental incubation behaviour in dinosaurs cannot be inferred from clutch mass in birds.
    Author: Birchard GF, Ruta M, Deeming DC.
    Journal: Biol Lett; 2013 Aug 23; 9(4):20130036. PubMed ID: 23676654.
    Abstract:
    A recent study proposed that incubation behaviour (i.e. type of parental care) in theropod dinosaurs can be inferred from an allometric analysis of clutch volume in extant birds. However, the study in question failed to account for factors known to affect egg and clutch size in living bird species. A new scaling analysis of avian clutch mass demonstrates that type of parental care cannot be distinguished by conventional allometry because of the confounding effects of phylogeny and hatchling maturity. Precociality of young but not paternal care in the theropod ancestors of birds is consistent with the available data.
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