Some factors affecting mother-infant relations in rhesus monkeys

White, Louisa; Hinde, Robert A.

doi:10.1016/0003-3472(75)90130-x

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“…It should be mentioned, however, that some studies have reported higher rejection rates for males (JENSEN et al, 1968;MIT-CHELL, 1968;WHITE & HINDE, 1975;STEVENSON-HINDE & SIMPSON, 1981;§ BERMAN, 1982§ BERMAN, , 1984THOMMEN, 1982;SIMPSON, 1983;JOHNSON & SOUTH-WICK, 1984;FAIRBANKS & MCGUIRE, 1985;ROWELL & CHISM, 1986) while others have found no sex differences (KAPLAN, 1972;YOUNG & BRAMBLETT, 1977;NASH, 1978;ALTMANN, 1980;NICOLSON, 1982;LEE, 1984;COLLINGE, 1987;FAIRBANKS, 1988). So far, no satisfactory explanation has been offered which integrates all these results, but the consideration of maternal rank and infant sex simultaneously may prove helpful.…”

Section: Among Primatesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sex-Biased Parent-Offspring Conflict

Redondo

Gomendio

Medina

1992

Behav

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In species showing sexual dimorphism, parents may obtain different fitness returns per unit of parental expenditure from sons and daughters. Under these circumstances, parents are expected to invest extra resources in offspring of the most profitable sex. However, it is unclear whether sex-biased expenditure is the result of selection acting on parents, their offspring, or both. Current parent-offspring conflict theory is used to investigate whether sex biases in parental expenditure should be accompanied by sex biases in parent-offspring conflict. It is suggested that, in general, greater conflict should be expected between parents and offspring of the favoured sex. Specifically, greater conflict is predicted among mother-son dyads than among mother-daughter dyads in most polygynous birds and mammals. Data on domestic sheep, as well as empirical evidence available for other species (mainly ungulates), lends support to the prediction. The prediction is further extended to cercopithecine primates, a group which lacks clear sex-biases in parental investment. In this case, differences in fitness returns per unit of parental expenditure between the daughters of dominant and subordinate mothers are positively related to differences in the extent of mother-daughter conflict. The results from this study highlight the important role that selective pressures acting on the offspring phenotype may have played in the evolution of sex-biased patterns of parental investment.

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“…Parental avoidance of a contact-seeking offspring may accurately reflect conflict (e,g. WHITE & HINDE, 1975;HAUSER & FAIRBANKS, 1988). c) Offspring solicitation.…”

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Sex-Biased Parent-Offspring Conflict

Redondo

Gomendio

Medina

1992

Behav

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“…The sex of the infant was the sociological variable which showed the least variability in relation to weaning behaviours of the mothers or the infants. White and Hinde [1975] reported that the difference in maternal rejection re lated to the sex of the infants were most marked between 12 and 18 weeks after birth, which was prior to the time-frame of the present study. Although many studies found that maternal rank did not affect variability in weaning-related behaviours [Berman, 1980;Nash, 1978;Nicolson, 1982;Chism, 1986], White and Hinde [1975] found that that the differences in maternal behaviours related to the mother's rank were most ob vious when the infants were between 6 and 14 weeks of age.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…Seay [1966] and White and Hinde [1975] report that, in rhesus monkeys, primiparous moth ers were more anxious and restrictive than multiparous mothers, but that the behav ioural variability due to parity was more obvious in the early months of the motherinfant relationship. Hooley and Simpson [1981] did find differences in maternal be haviours of primiparous and multiparous rhesus females, but their study covered only the first 16 weeks of life.…”

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Weaning Variability in Semi-Free-Ranging Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata)

Collinge¹

1987

IJFP

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The purpose of this research was to investigate variability in the weaning behaviours of Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) mothers and their infants and to attempt to define factors contributing to this variability. The marked level of variability in maternal weaning behaviours was unrelated to traditional sociological factors, such as the rank, parity, age and number of immature offspring of the mother, and the sex of the infant. The only variability in the weaning behaviours of the infants occurred in the rates of distress and attempts at nipple contact, which were positively related to maternal rejection. The oestrous state of the mother was the one factor which could be used to predict a significant increase in the level of maternal rejection, and different behavioural tendencies in the infants.

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“…Behavioral development in several species of mother-reared macaque infants is known to be affected by a variety of maternal factors including social rank [M. fuscata: Tanaka, 1989; M. multatta: White & Hinde, 1975], matrilineal affiliation [M. mulatta: Simpson & Howe, 1985], and age and parity [M. fuscata: Tanaka, 1989; M. mulatta: Hinde & Spencer-Booth, 1967;Seay, 1966; M. nemestrina: Reite & Short, 1980]. Therefore, to remove the confounding effect of maternal influences when studying factors that directly affect infant development, it is necessary to rear the infants without their mothers.…”

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confidence: 99%