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Pat Monaghan07/11/2019, 14:00
It is now well recognised that the early environment is not simply permissive of development, but can also shape the phenotype in ways that have long term consequences for performance and fitness. There are many routes, both direct and indirect, whereby such environmental effects on phenotypic development can come about and span generations. Of considerable importance in this context is...
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Peter Korsten07/11/2019, 14:30
It is well-established that the yolk of eggs of birds contains androgens like testosterone. These maternally derived hormones have been found to influence the behaviour and growth of the chicks hatching from these eggs. Hence, maternal yolk hormones have been hypothesized to act as adaptive maternal effects shaping the offspring’s phenotype, particularly in relation to the rearing environment....
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Laura Baldassarre07/11/2019, 14:45
The phenotype of an animal cannot be explained entirely by its genes. Among the factors, other than genome, which contribute to the development and homeostasis of multicellular animals, the microbial associated community can be rapidly modified by environmental cues and may represent a mechanism for rapid acclimation and adaptation of the host to a changing environment. The Starlet Sea...
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Olivia Roth07/11/2019, 15:30
Phenotypic changes in response to environmental influences can be transferred from one generation to the next with the potential to boosting offspring performance. This also applies to parental parasitic experience that can influence offspring immune responses, a phenomenon known as transgenerational immune priming (TGIP), which is often coupled with a vertical transfer of microbes. While in...
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