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| Other authors / contributors: | Maestripieri, Dario.
Mateo, Jill M.
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| ISBN: | 9780226501222
0226501221
1282239740
9781282239746
9780226501208
9780226501192
0226501191
0226501205
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | 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 sub.
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| Other form: | Print version. Maternal effects in mammals. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009 9780226501192
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| Standard no.: | 9786612239748
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