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The influence of phenotypic and genetic effects on maternal provisioning and offspring weight gain in mice.
Biology letters - 22 Mar 2006
Hager Reinmar, Johnstone Rufus A
Abstract excerpt
Close interactions between mother and offspring are said to result in a coevolution of parental and offspring genotypes such that offspring are adapted in their solicitation behaviour to obtain maternal provisioning that maximizes their fitness. Few empirical studies have been conducted in this field and it remains unclear whether maternal provisioning and offspring weight gain are influenced by the same set of...
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