Similarities in affiliation and aggression between cross-fostered rhesus macaque females and their biological mothers.

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In female-bonded primate species, there is cross-generational consistency in female affiliative and aggressive behavior. This consistency could be the result of maternal effects, offspring learning, shared environment, and/or direct genetic inheritance of behavioral or psychological traits. In this study, I investigated possible similarities in affiliation and aggression between cross-fostered rhesus macaque...

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