Citation

vom Saal FS, Howard LS. Science 1982; 215(4537): 1270-1272.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1982, American Association for the Advancement of Science)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7058349

Abstract

Infanticide has been proposed to be a pathological response to overcrowding or other forms of environmental stress and thus a maladaptive behavior. However, in male house mice this behavior is predictable and is modulated by learning. Committing infanticide can increase a male's reproductive success and in some situations may therefore be an adaptive behavior.

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