Parent–offspring conflict (POC) is an expression coined in 1974 by Robert Trivers. It is used to describe the evolutionary conflict arising from differences...

" The extent to which it is socially acceptable for a parent to be involved in their offspring's life varies from culture to culture, however one that...

Clutch (eggs) Infanticide (zoology) Lineal descendant Litter Parent–offspring conflict Parental investment Patrilineality "The Victorian Nude". The Victorian...

equivalents (via offspring and nieces and nephews) it produces. If the parent cannot manipulate the offspring and therefore loses in the conflict, the grandparents...

theory to explain parent-offspring conflict, the conflict between investment that is optimal from the parent's versus the offspring's perspective. Parental...

mates. Conflict occurs between predators and prey, between rivals for mates, between siblings, mates, and even between parents and offspring. The value...

2009 Freud Lecture: Juliet Mitchell, 2003 Trivers, R.L. (1974). "Parent-offspring conflict". American Zoologist. 14: 249–264. doi:10.1093/icb/14.1.249. Salmon...

This makes the blue-footed booby an important model for studying parent–offspring conflict and sibling rivalry. The blue-footed booby was described by the...

ability to invest in future offspring. This is known as interbrood rivalry, which can lead to parent–offspring conflict. Siblicide is a consequence of...

contributes to the ease of acceptance of adopted spiderlings. Parent-offspring conflict may occur in the costs of mothers guarding their spiderlings....