Does the early social environment prepare individuals for the future? A match-mismatch experiment in female wild cavies

Does the early social environment prepare individuals for the future? A match-mismatch experiment in female wild cavies

Abstract Background The social environment that mothers experience during pregnancy and lactation has a strong effect on the developing offspring. Whether offspring can be adaptively shaped to match an environment that is similar to the maternal one is still a major question in research. Our previou...

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Main Authors: Susanne Sangenstedt, Carsten Szardenings, Norbert Sachser, Sylvia Kaiser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Zoology
Subjects:
Prenatal
Female offspring
Adaptation
Behavioral development
Environmental matching
Energy demanding
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-018-0261-1

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