The first volume published on the subject in more than a decade, reflects advances in genomic, ecological, and behavioral research, as well new understandings of the evolutionary interplay between mothers and their offspring. Dario Maestripieri and Jill M. Mateo bring together a learned group of contributors to synthesize the vast literature on a range of species, highlight evolutionary processes that were previously overlooked, and propose new avenues of research. will serve as the most comprehensive compendium on and stimulus for interdisciplinary treatments of mammalian maternal effects.