Maternal Effects in Mammals

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ISBN: 9780226501208 | 0226501205
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Copyright: 6/15/2009

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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 results in maternal effects have a genetic basis, whereas others are environmentally determined. For example, the size of a litter produced by a mammalian mother-a trait with a strong genetic basis-can affect the growth rate of her offspring, while a mother's dominance rank-an environmentally determined trait-can affect the dominance rank of her offspring.

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Contributors	p. vii
The Role of Maternal Effects in Mammalian Evolution and Adaptation	p. 1
The Genetics and Evolutionary Consequences of Maternal Effects	p. 11
A Theoretical Overview of Genetic Maternal Effects: Evolutionary Predictions and Empirical Tests with Mammalian Data	p. 38
Maternal Effects on Evolutionary Dynamics in Wild Small Mammals	p. 64
Maternal Effects in Wild Ungulates	p. 83
Maternal Effects on Offspring Size and Development in Pinnipeds	p. 104
Maternal Influences on Development, Social Relationships, and Survival Behaviors	p. 133
Maternal Influences on Offspring Food Preferences and Feeding Behaviors in Mammals	p. 159
The Trans-Generational Influence of Maternal Care on Offspring Gene Expression and Behavior in Rodents	p. 182
Effects of Intrauterine Position in Litter-Bearing Mammals	p. 203
Maternal Effects in Fissiped Carnivores	p. 227
Maternal Influences on Offspring Growth, Reproduction, and Behavior in Primates	p. 256
Maternal Effects, Social Cognitive Development, and the Evolution of Human Intelligence	p. 292
Maternal Effects in Mammals: Conclusions and Future Directions	p. 322
Acknowledgments	p. 335
Index	p. 337
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