Helpers Boost Offspring Development with Post-Natal Aid in Societies

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Mothers in a wild, cooperatively breeding bird lay larger eggs when they will have more help with nestling care, a strategy that may allow helped mothers to focus maternal investment on the pre-natal phase, to which helpers cannot contribute directly

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