... to dissipate heat, which has negative effects on reproductive output. The cumulative effects on growth of F1 offspring after weaning, and future reproductive performance of offspring, remain uncertain. In this study, F1 mice weaned from mothers lactating at 21 and 32.5°C were housed at 21°C from day 19 until...

...Farida Siti; Hervé Dubouchaud; Isabelle Hininger; Charline Quiclet; Guillaume Vial; Anne Galinier; Louis Casteilla; Eric Fontaine; Cécile Batandier; Karine Couturier ABSTRACT It is now well established that the intrauterine environment is of major importance for offspring health during later life...

... to establish dominant/subordinate hierarchies; their offspring were reared to 144 h post-fertilization (hpf) and sampled at five time points over development. No differences were detected in maternal cortisol contribution, which is thought to be an important programmer of offspring phenotype. However, once...