In a recent Evolutionary Applications paper, Haig et al. (2016) presented an idea for the formation of a National Center for Small Population Biology. The paper was invited as part of a special issue dedicated to women in science (Wellenreuther and Otto 2016) where authors were asked to add a section to their papers that explored the idea of ‘what would you do now in your career if you could do...

Jay S. Rosenblatt was a pioneer in the study of the neural and endocrine bases of parental behavior in mammals. Jay's research on themechanisms underlyingmaternal behavior in cats, rats, and rabbits, and the development of behavior as a synchronous interaction between caregiver and offspring through weaning, created a genre of international maternal behavior research. He created unique experime...