Maternal Effects in Mammals

Dario Maestripieri, Jill M. Mateo

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University of Chicago Press
15 June 2009

Animal reproduction; Zoology: Mammals

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 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.

The first volume published on the subject in more than a decade, Maternal Effects in Mammals reflects advances in genomic, ecological, and behavioral research, as well new understandings of the evolutionary interplay between mothers and their offspring. Dario Maestripieri and Jill M. Mateo bring together a learned group of contributors to synthesize the vast literature on a range of species, highlight evolutionary processes that were previously overlooked, and propose new avenues of research. Maternal Effects in Mammals will serve as the most comprehensive compendium on and stimulus for interdisciplinary treatments of mammalian maternal effects.

Edited by: Dario Maestripieri, Jill M. Mateo
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 24mm, Width: 15mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 624g
ISBN: 9780226501192
ISBN 10: 0226501191
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 15 June 2009
Audience: Adult education , Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dario Maestripieri is professor of comparative human development, neurobiology, and evolutionary biology at the University of Chicago and the author of Macachiavellian Intelligence: How Rhesus Macaques and Humans Have Conquered the World. Jill M. Mateo is assistant professor of comparative human development and evolutionary biology at the University of Chicago.

Reviews for Maternal Effects in Mammals

"""This book will be useful to anyone studying maternal effects in any species, as well as to everyone studying mammals. The importance of the issues the editors consider is not just restricted to maternal effects, and their application is not just restricted to mammals. Maternal Effects in Mammals will be highly influential. It will set the tone for research on maternal effects for many years to come."" - Stephen M. Shuster, Northern Arizona University"""