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Gallery | February 2017 cover

Beside us. A calf of critically endangered saiga antelope in a lateral position relative to its mother. Image by Andrey Giljov. Cover design by Allen Beattie.

A left eye/right hemisphere advantage for mother-infant interactions was revealed in 11 mammal species. Lateralization was assessed based on the preferences in lateral position choice.

From 'Lateralization of mother-infant interactions in a wide range of mammal species.' Karenina et al., Nature Ecology & Evolution 1; 0030 (2017)