The Regulation of Infanticide and Parental Behavior: Implications for Reproductive Success in Male Mice
- 5 March 1982
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 215 (4537), 1270-1272
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7058349
Abstract
Infanticide has been proposed to be a pathological response to overcrowding or other forms of environmental stress and thus a maladaptive behavior. However, in male house mice this behavior is predictable and is modulated by learning. Committing infanticide can increase a male's reproductive success and in some situations may therefore be an adaptive behavior.Keywords
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