2014
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12333
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Female Promiscuity and Maternally Dependent Offspring Growth Rates in Mammals

Abstract: Conflicts between family members are expected to influence the duration and intensity of parental care. In mammals, the majority of this care occurs as resource transfer from mothers to offspring during gestation and lactation. Mating systems can have a strong influence on the severity of familial conflict-where female promiscuity is prevalent, conflict is expected to be higher between family members, causing offspring to demand more resources. If offspring are capable of manipulating their mothers and receive… Show more

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“…Litter (mammals) or clutch (birds) size could influence the offspring mass–survival relationship because of the expected offspring size–number trade‐off (Smith & Fretwell, ). We also tested for the interaction between litter size and mating system for mammals because siblings in species displaying a promiscuous mating system are expected to face higher sibling competition than siblings in species with other mating systems (Forstmeier et al., ; Garratt et al., ). Data quality was implemented as a two‐level factor (High quality versus Low quality). Data were considered as high quality when all data required for the analysis were explicitly reported.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Litter (mammals) or clutch (birds) size could influence the offspring mass–survival relationship because of the expected offspring size–number trade‐off (Smith & Fretwell, ). We also tested for the interaction between litter size and mating system for mammals because siblings in species displaying a promiscuous mating system are expected to face higher sibling competition than siblings in species with other mating systems (Forstmeier et al., ; Garratt et al., ). Data quality was implemented as a two‐level factor (High quality versus Low quality). Data were considered as high quality when all data required for the analysis were explicitly reported.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A comparative study by Garratt et al. () showed that as promiscuity (measured as relative testis mass) increases in mammals, growth during gestation and lactation increases, suggesting that across species, increased parent‐offspring conflict increases offspring demand of resources.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%