Maternal effects in mammals

• Other Authors: Maestripieri, Dario., Mateo, Jill M.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, Ã2009.
• Subjects: Mammals > Genetics.; Parental behavior in animals.; Mother and child.; Mammals.; Maternal Behavior.; SCIENCE > Zoology > Mammals. > Life Sciences; NATURE > Mammals. > Animals; Electronic books.
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Evolutionary maternal effects occur whenever a mother's phenotypic traits directly affect her offspring's phenotype, independent of the offspring's genotype. Some of the phenotypic traits that result in maternal effects have a genetic basis, whereas others are environmentally determin...

Table of Contents:

• The role of maternal effects in mammalian evolution and adaptation / Dario Maestripieri and Jill M. Mateo
• The genetics and evolutionary consequences of maternal effects / James M. Cheverud and Jason B. Wolf
• A theoretical overview of genetic maternal effects : evolutionary predictions and empirical tests with mammalian data / Michael J. Wade, Nicholas K. Priest, and Tami E. Cruickshank
• Maternal effects on evolutionary dynamics in wild small mammals / Andrew G. McAdam
• Maternal effects in wild ungulates / Alastair J. Wilson and Marco Festa-Bianchet
• Maternal effects on offspring size and development in pinnipeds / W. Don Bowen
• Maternal influences on development, social relationships, and survival behaviors / Jill M. Mateo
• Maternal influences on offspring food preferences and feeding behaviors in mammals / Bennett G. Galef Jr.
• The trans-generational influence of maternal care on offspring gene expression and behavior in rodents / Frances A. Champagne and James P. Curley
• Effects of intrauterine position in litter-bearing mammals / John G. Vandenbergh
• Maternal effects in fissiped carnivores / Kay E. Holekamp and Stephanie M. Dloniak
• Maternal influences on offspring growth, reproduction, and behavior in primates / Dario Maestripieri
• Maternal effects, social cognitive development, and the evolution of human intelligence / David F. Bjorklund, Jason Grotuss, and Adriana Csinady
• Maternal effects in mammals : conclusions and future directions / Jill M. Mateo and Dario Maestripieri.