Parent-Offspring Conflict over Mating: The Case of Mating Age

The influence of mating system on the intensity of parent-offspring conflict in primates.

An evolutionary conflict of interest exists between parents and their offspring over the partitioning of parental investment (PI) among siblings. When the direct fitness benefits to offspring of increased PI, outweigh the inclusive fitness costs from lost future sibling fitness, selection should favour the evolution of offspring selfishness over altruism. In theory, this conflict is heightened ...

Parent-Offspring and Full Sib Correlations under a Parent-Offspring Mating System.

The evolution of parent–offspring conflict over mate choice

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Intergenerational conflict Sexual selection Parental resource distribution Theoretical model Direct versus indirect benefits Mate preference evolution Arranged marriage Good parent In human societies, parents often have a strong influence on the mate choice of their offspring. Moreover, empirical studies show that conflict over mate choice between parents and off...

Parent–offspring conflict

Is this soap opera or science? It can be both, but in evolutionary biology it refers to the subtly different ways natural selection acts on genes expressed in parents and their offspring. To give a concrete example, consider a parent with two offspring: other things being equal, the parent is likely to be under natural selection to give equal amounts of food to each of its young. But natural se...

Parent-Offspring Conflict

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