Pipefish and related species provide rare examples of extreme male parental care. Controlled breeding experiments allow the resulting conflicts of interest between female, male and offspring to be explored.
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Berglund, A. Pregnant fathers in charge. Nature 464, 364–365 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/464364a
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