title: Coadaptation between mother and offspring: why not?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology & Biochemistry and Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Jason B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cowley
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology & Biochemistry and Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D051383:GRB10 Adaptor Protein / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D051383:GRB10 Adaptor Protein