Coadaptation between mother and offspring: why not?

A Formal Comment has challenged the interpretation of a study into an imprinted gene, maintaining that conflict, rather than mother-offspring co-adaptation, provides a better mechanistic explanation. Here authors of the original Research Article reply.

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Main Authors: Jason B Wolf, Michael Cowley, Andrew Ward
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-03-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002085&type=printable
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