Paternity Uncertainty and Father-Offspring Conflict
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23581998 |
|---|---|
| Authors | JeanMarie Bianchi (Wilson College, corresponding author), W Jake Jacobs (Wilson College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing (PUBLISHER • SG) |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_3597-1 |
| OpenAlex | W4244454346 |
| ISBN | 9783319169996 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Generally, parental certainty (how confident that an offspring produce by a partner is genetically related) differs between females and males. In humans, a female is certain that a child she has carried is genetically related to her (maternal certainty). In contrast, males cannot know for sure that his sperm, and not the sperm of another male, fertilized his partner’s egg (paternal uncertainty). Hence, a human female is completely certain that her offspring are genetically related to her whereas a human male is not. Paternity uncertainty sets the stage for conflicts between females and males as well as between males and putative offspring (i.e., father-offspring conflict).
Biology · Offspring · Pregnancy · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Genetics · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Psychology
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| Highly cited | No |
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