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Parental effects driven by resource provisioning in Alternanthera philoxeroides—A simulation case study [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Parental environmental effects can be a rapid and effective means for clonal plants in response to temporally or spatially varying environments. However, few studies have quantitatively measured the ecological significance of parental effects in aquatic ...
Lan-Hui Wang, Jing Si, Jing Si, Fang-Li Luo, Fang-Li Luo, Bi-Cheng Dong, Bi-Cheng Dong, Fei-Hai Yu   +7 more
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Roles of clonal parental effects in regulating interspecific competition between two floating plants [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Parental effects can influence offspring fitness, which may further impact interspecific competition. However, few studies have tested the role of clonal parental effects in regulating interspecific interactions and examined the underlying mechanisms. We
Wen-Han Yu, Li-Min Zhang, Fang-Li Luo, Fei-Hai Yu, Mai-He Li   +4 more
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Childhood parental psychiatric hospitalization and offspring suicidal behavior, violent crime, and violent Victimization: A Swedish population-based cousin comparison study [PDF]

SSM: Population Health
Population-level studies consistently report associations between parental psychiatric disorders and violence-related outcomes in offspring, but it remains unclear whether these reflect causal effects of parental illness or shared familial ...
Gloria Yuxuan Gu, Antti Latvala, Ralf Kuja-Halkola, Mengping Zhou, Henrik Larsson, Brian M. D'Onofrio, Zheng Chang, Paul Lichtenstein   +7 more
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Epigenetics and Early Life Stress: Experimental Brood Size Affects DNA Methylation in Great Tits (Parus major)

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Early developmental conditions are known to have life-long effects on an individual’s behavior, physiology and fitness. In altricial birds, a majority of these conditions, such as the number of siblings and the amount of food provisioned, are controlled ...
Bernice Sepers, Bernice Sepers, Jolijn A. M. Erven, Jolijn A. M. Erven, Fleur Gawehns, Veronika N. Laine, Veronika N. Laine, Kees van Oers, Kees van Oers   +8 more
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Nest size is predicted by female identity and the local environment in the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus), but is not related to the nest size of the genetic or foster mother [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2018
The potential for animals to respond to changing climates has sparked interest in intraspecific variation in avian nest structure since this may influence nest microclimate and protect eggs and offspring from inclement weather.
Louis G. O'Neill, Timothy H. Parker, Simon C. Griffith   +2 more
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Dietary Exposure to Low Levels of Crude Oil Affects Physiological and Morphological Phenotype in Adults and Their Eggs and Hatchlings of the King Quail (Coturnix chinensis)

Frontiers in Physiology, 2021
Despite the current knowledge of the devastating effects of external exposure to crude oil on animal mortality, the study of developmental, transgenerational effects of such exposure has received little attention.
Naim M. Bautista, Naim M. Bautista, Lara do Amaral-Silva, Lara do Amaral-Silva, Edward Dzialowski, Warren W. Burggren   +5 more
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Does good food make male mice sexy? The influence of diet on male sexually selected traits

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Diet may have an important influence on life history and behavioral traits involved in sexual selection. Males of high condition should be better able to bear the costs of high trait expression and hence express more elaborate sexual signals.
Neelam Porwal, Neelam Porwal, S. Gangothri, S. Gangothri, Himrekha Agarwal, Himrekha Agarwal, Anja Guenther   +6 more
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Hatching date influences winter habitat occupancy: Examining seasonal interactions across the full annual cycle in a migratory songbird

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Birds experience a sequence of critical events during their life cycle, and past events can subsequently determine future performance via carry‐over effects.
Michael E. Akresh, David I. King, Peter P. Marra   +2 more
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Relish as a Candidate Marker for Transgenerational Immune Priming in a Dampwood Termite (Blattodae: Archeotermopsidae)

Insects, 2020
Natural selection should favor the transfer of immune competence from one generation to the next in a context-dependent manner. Transgenerational immune priming (TGIP) is expected to evolve when species exploit pathogen-rich environments and exhibit ...
Erin L. Cole, Jessica S. Empringham, Colette Biro, Graham J. Thompson, Rebeca B. Rosengaus   +4 more
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Molecular Response of the Brain to Cross-Generational Warming in a Coral Reef Fish

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Ocean warming is a threat to marine biodiversity, as it can push marine species beyond their physiological limits. Detrimental effects can occur when marine poikilotherms are exposed to conditions beyond their thermal optima.
Moisés A. Bernal, Elliott Schmidt, Jennifer M. Donelson, Philip L. Munday, Timothy Ravasi, Timothy Ravasi   +5 more
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