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Limited Support for Thyroid Hormone or Corticosterone Related Gene Expression as a Proximate Mechanism of Incubation Temperature-Dependent Phenotypes in Birds

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2019
The conditions that animals experience during early development can have profound consequences for health and fitness. In birds, one of the most important aspects of development is egg incubation temperature. A small decrease in average temperature leads
Sydney F. Hope   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Maternal and genetic effects on embryonic survival from fertilization to swim up stage and reproductive success in a farmed rainbow trout line

open access: yesAquaculture Reports, 2023
Reproductive success and offspring survival until sexual maturity are essential traits both for fish fitness and aquaculture development. Variation in offspring’s survival among family results in unbalanced parental contributions to the next generation ...
K. Paul   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Children's health status: examining the associations among income poverty, material hardship, and parental factors. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2007
BACKGROUND: We examined a model of multiple mediating pathways of income poverty, material hardship, parenting factors, and child health status to understand how material hardship and parental factors mediate the effects of poverty on child health.
Godwin S Ashiabi, Keri K O'Neal
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Offspring and Parental Inbreeding on Parent-Offspring Communication

open access: yesThe American Naturalist, 2018
There is mounting evidence that inbreeding can have complex effects on social interactions among inbred and outbred individuals. Here, we investigate effects of offspring and maternal inbreeding on parent-offspring communication in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides.
Mattey, Sarah N.   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Parental characteristics, family structure and occupational attainment in Britain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This article uses multivariate logistic regression analyses of the 2005 General Household Survey to assess the impact of parents’ occupational and educational characteristics on occupational attainment in Britain, focusing specifically on the salariat ...
Lampard, Richard
core   +1 more source

RNA sequencing of early round goby embryos reveals that maternal experiences can shape the maternal RNA contribution in a wild vertebrate

open access: yesBMC Evolutionary Biology, 2018
Background It has been proposed that non-genetic inheritance could promote species fitness. Non-genetic inheritance could allow offspring to benefit from the experience of their parents, and could advocate pre-adaptation to prevailing and potentially ...
Irene Adrian-Kalchhauser   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extended evolutionary psychology: the importance of transgenerational developmental plasticity

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2014
What kind mechanisms one deems central for the evolutionary process deeply influences one’s understanding of the nature of organisms, including cognition.
Karola eStotz
doaj   +1 more source

Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Music and parental wellbeing: A position paper [PDF]

open access: yes
This article sets out a collective vision for a new Music and Parental Wellbeing Alliance. It starts from the premise that challenges to parental wellbeing represent a persistent, global concern.
The Music and Parental Wellbeing Research Network   +1 more
core   +1 more source

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