Cortisol in mother's milk across lactation reflects maternal life history and predicts infant temperament

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 269-281

  Hinde, Katie ^a,b,c   Skibiel, Amy L ^a,d   Foster, Alison B ^e   Rosso, Laura Del ^b   Mendoza, Sally P ^b,f   Capitanio, John P ^b,f  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral phenotype; Breast milk composition; Developmental programming; Glucocorticoids; Life history theory; Personality

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; INFANT FEEDING; LACTATION; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MATERNAL CARE; PHENOTYPE; PRIMATE;

AVES; HEXAPODA; MACACA MULATTA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; REPTILIA;

EID: 84928396515     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru186     Document Type: Article

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