Maternal effects on offspring social status in spotted hyenas /

Míreanna Comhchosúla

• Yolk androstenedione, but not testosterone, predicts offspring fate and reflects parental quality /
• Direct genetic and maternal effects affecting litter size, birth weight and pre-weaning losses in Creole goats of Guadeloupe /
• Evolutionary forces favoring intragroup coalitions among spotted hyenas and other animals /
• Maternal stress to partner quality is linked to adaptive offspring sex ratio adjustment /
• Maternal weight, offspring competitive ability, the evolution of communal breeding /