Kin Recognition

Kin recognition, the ability to identify and respond differentially to one's genetic relatives, is one of the fastest growing and most exciting areas of ethology. This book brings together the work of leading researchers in the field.

Contributors; Preface; 1. Introduction P. G. Hepper; 2. The correlation between kinship and behaviour in non-human primates I. S. Bernstein; 3. Cooperation and reciprocity in birds and mammals J. D. Ligon; 4. Kinship and fellowship in ants and social wasps P. Jaisson; 5. Successes and failures of parent-offspring recognition in animals M. D. Beecher; 6. Kinship, kin discrimination and mate choice criteria C. J. Barnard and P. G. M. Aldous; 7. Genetic components of kin recognition in mammals E. A. Boyse; 8. Kin recognition in amphibians B. Waldman; 9. Kin recognition cues of vertebrates Z. T. Halpin; 10. Recognizing kin: ontogeny and classification P. G. Hepper; 11. Parental states as mechanisms for kinship recognition and deception about relatedness R. W. Elwood; 12. Fetal learning: implications for the development of kin recognition S. R. Robinson and W. P. Smotherman; 13. Information processing and storage during filial imprinting M. H. Johnson; 14. The honey bee as a model kin recognition system W. M. Getz; 15. Mutual mother-infant recognition in humans R. H. Porter; References; Index.