The development of individual differences in cooperative behaviour: maternal glucocorticoid hormones alter helping behaviour of offspring in wild meerkats
B. Dantzer, C. Dubuc, I. Braga Goncalves, D. L. Cram, N. C. Bennett, A. Ganswindt, M. Heistermann, C. Duncan, D. Gaynor, T. H. Clutton-Brock
This study shows that maternal cortisol during pregnancy in meerkats reduces offspring growth and increases cooperative behavior in daughters but not sons.
bioRxiv · Nov 8, 2018Animal Behavior & Cognition