...M. F. Scriba; J. Gasparini; L. Jacquin; C. Mettke-Hofmann; N. C. Rattenborg; A. Roulin ABSTRACT Poor environmental conditions experienced during early development can have negative long-term consequences on fitness. Animals can compensate for negative developmental effects through phenotypic...

... influence on offspring traits in salmon. Salmo salar Early development Indirect genetic effects Maternal effects Parental effects Paternal effects Salmonid metabolism In many taxa there is considerable intraspecific variation in life history strategies within a single population ( Skov...

...Alberto Lucas; Judith Morales; Alberto Velando Micronutrients are essential for normal metabolic processes during early development. Specifically, it has been suggested that diet-derived carotenoids can play a key role in physiological functions because of their antioxidant and immunostimulant...

... at T set on early development and suggest an adaptive significance of maternal thermoregulation prior to oviposition. REFERENCES Andrews R. M. ( 2004 ). Embryonic development . In Reptilian Incubation: Environment, Evolution and Behaviour (ed. Deeming D. C. ), pp. 75 – 102...

... is that the decreased expression of genes central to pathways of both energy supply and demand is an indication that these larvae undergoing many of the molecular hallmarks of metabolic suppression. early development global change microarray ocean acidification sea urchin transcriptomics Ocean...

... consequences for sex allocation. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 21 10 2008 2009 maternal effects antioxidants hormones early development Understanding the mechanisms that contribute to variation in offspring phenotype is crucial...

... ) 11 1 2006 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 antioxidants early development feather colour fledgling body mass immune function Carotenoids form a large family of biologically active pigments with antioxidant properties synthesised by plants, algae and fungi...