Mother-offspring Interaction

Mother–Offspring Interaction is a behavioral construct in companion animal ethology that denotes the bidirectional pattern of affiliative, protective, and communicative behaviors between a female parent and her progeny, serving to ensure offspring survival, social development, and species-typical attachment formation.

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    Dario Maestripieri

    University of Chicago, United States

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    Robert A. Hinde

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

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    Alison S. Fleming

    University of Toronto, Canada

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    Myron A. Hofer

    Columbia University, United States

    12 publications · 628 citations

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    Joan B. Silk

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    11 publications · 1.3K citations

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