...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...

... an organism's capacity to tolerate future ocean conditions. † Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 1 Present Address: Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA 18 5 2009 2009 early development global change...

... 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...

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