parent-offspring conflict

noun

The evolutionary conflict arising from differences in optimal parental investment in an offspring from the standpoint of the parent and the offspring.

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Meanings

nounparent-offspring conflict (plural parent-offspring conflicts)

plural parent-offspring conflicts

  1. evolutionary theoryThe evolutionary conflict arising from differences in optimal parental investment in an offspring from the standpoint of the parent and the offspring.
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