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Building Marmoset Babies: Trade-Offs and Cutting Bait

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Part of the book series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects ((DIPR,volume 37))

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In this chapter, we will review what is known regarding manner in which captive common marmoset females make physiological and behavioral “decisions” regarding investment in reproduction. We will concentrate on studies in our laboratory that have examined effects of variable maternal energy availability (through dietary manipulation or naturally occurring variation in maternal condition) or variable fetal/infant demand (through naturally occurring variation in litter size) on outcomes throughout the reproductive cycle – i.e. from ovulation that begins the process through weaning of the resultant offspring. We will then relate these findings to what is known regarding reproduction in wild common marmosets and attempt to integrate all of these findings into an understanding of reproductive strategy in this species. We end with a brief discussion of the way in which the marmoset example illustrates the importance of integrating an understanding of both adaptation and constraint in theories on reproductive strategy.

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  1. Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, 15355 Lambda Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78245, USA

    Suzette Tardif & Corinna Ross

  2. Southwest National Primate Research Center, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA

    Suzette Tardif & Corinna Ross

  3. School of Undergraduate Studies, University of Maryland University College Social Science, Adelphi, MD, USA

    Darlene Smucny

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Tardif, S., Ross, C., Smucny, D. (2013). Building Marmoset Babies: Trade-Offs and Cutting Bait. In: Clancy, K., Hinde, K., Rutherford, J. (eds) Building Babies. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects, vol 37. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4060-4_8

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