The influence of mating system on the intensity of parent-offspring conflict in primates

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 509-515

  Long, T A F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foetal growth rate; Mating system; Parent offspring conflict; Parental investment; Placental structure; Primates; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; EVOLUTION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PRIMATE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FETUS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PLACENTA; PRIMATES; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

PRIMATES;

EID: 18644373584     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00888.x     Document Type: Article

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