Highlights•Behavioural development is decided by the interplay between genetics and
environment.•Epigenetic and hormonal effects are closely related and can result in fast …

The benefits of parental care are often seen as a cornerstone of family life evolution.
However, recent studies show that sibling interactions can also confer substantial benefits to …

Cultural and genetic inheritance combine to enable rapid changes in trait expression, but
their relative importance in determining trait expression across generations is not clear …

Simple Summary Dark brooders mimic some aspects of maternal care, such as the provision
of heat and a dark resting area. Dark brooders have a long-lasting reducing effect on …

The environment in which animals develop can have important consequences for their
phenotype. In reptiles, incubation temperature is a critical aspect of the early developmental …

Abstract Animal–Robot Interaction experiments have demonstrated their usefulness to
understand the social behaviour of a growing number of animal species. In order to study …

Simple Summary Cow–calf separation immediately after birth is an issue of growing concern
to global consumers of dairy products. The practice is also increasingly acknowledged by …

We investigated the consequences of chronic social instability (CSI) during adulthood on
social and maternal behavior in females and social behavior of their offspring in a rat model …

Highlights•Social isolation from fertilization increased anxiety in F 0 zebrafish.•Social
isolation reduced aggression compared with zebrafish raised in social groups.•F 0 reduced …

Highlights•Maternal care in Japanese quail counteracts prenatal stress effects.•Mothered
chicks have a lower level of emotional reactivity than nonmothered ones.•Maternal care's …