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Sex‐dependent effects of infection on guppy reproductive fitness and offspring parasite resistance We infected offspring of guppy, Poecilia reticulata, pairs in which either the father or the mother had previously been infected. We found that, in accordance with parental investment theory, fathers...

New paper out in @animalecology.bsky.social led by the awesome Izabelle Weiler and @rayinscience.bsky.social on how parental infection affects offspring quantity and quality. Spoiler: previously infected fathers had more offspring but mothers' had more resistant offspring doi.org/10.1111/1365...