Longitudinal Trajectories and Inter-parental Dynamics of Prairie Vole Biparental Care.

ABSTRACT: For altricial mammalian species, early life social bonds are constructed principally between offspring and their mothers, and the mother-offspring relationship sets the trajectory for offspring bio-behavioral development. In the rare subset of monogamous and biparental species, offspring experience an expanded social network which includes a father. Accordingly, in biparental species fathers also have the potential to influence trajectories of offspring development. Previous semi-natural and laboratory study of one monogamous and biparental species, the prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster), has given insight into the role that mothers and fathers play in shaping behavioral phenotypes of offspring. Of particular interest is the influence of biparental care in the development of monoga

SUBMITTER: Rogers FD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6687084 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature