... provided that the original work is properly attributed. Summary: Adult Drosophila exposed to nutritional stress prime their offspring to survive in unfavourable environments. Priming is diluted after just one generation of optimal nutrition. Maternal effects Starvation Drosophila...

... early embryonic development and is a likely candidate for mediating maternal effects as it can promote erythropoiesis. To investigate and compare the effects of testosterone and A4 with the possible effects of etiocholanolone during prenatal embryonic development, we increased their levels in black...

...: Condition transfer effects are widespread; this Review provides new insights into the induction and importance of this form of maternal effect. Maternal effects Transgenerational plasticity Maternal condition Silver spoon Anticipatory effects National Science Foundation http://dx.doi.org...

... selected traits, and we describe empirical studies that link the expression of sexually selected traits to mitochondrial function. We explain how mothers can affect mitochondrial function in their offspring by (a) influencing their developmental environment through maternal effects and (b) choosing a mate...

... great tits . J. Exp. Biol. 225 , jeb243414 . 10.1242/jeb.243414 Criscuolo , F. , Torres , R. , Zahn , S. and Williams , T. D. ( 2020 ). Telomere dynamics from hatching to sexual maturity and maternal effects in the ‘multivariate egg ’. J. Exp. Biol. 223...

... mediating costs of reproduction and maternal effects remain poorly understood. Studies examining the effects of environmental stressors on a female's physiological state and body condition during reproduction, as well as the physiological condition of offspring, have yielded equivocal results. Mitochondrial...

... development in Trachemys scripta but act on different points of the sex-determining pathway. Steroid hormone Fluctuating temperature Sexual differentiation Intron retention Maternal effects National Science Foundation http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001 2114111 Beta Lambda...

.... Maternal effects Embryo growth Oxidative stress Maternally derived hormones Cleidoic eggs of vertebrates are relatively sealed environments with limited exchange of materials with the external environment. Embryo development and the sustainment of its physiological processes are therefore based...

... iodine in captive rock pigeons reduces egg production in some females, thus inducing a trade-off between offspring quality and offspring quantity. Maternal effects Maternal hormones Maternal investment Trade-offs Birds Academy of Finland http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002341...

... or HPA axis dynamics in North American red squirrels. Regardless of maternal glucocorticoid treatment, more active and aggressive squirrels exhibited lower adrenal reactivity. Coping styles Development GCs Maternal effects Maternal hormones Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Maternal effects...

... by maternal effects in non-overlapping gametic cohorts. We also compared larvae from North Carolina (a genetically distinct population with higher baseline thermal tolerance) and Massachusetts parents, and observed that larvae from heat-exposed Massachusetts parents had thermal thresholds comparable to those...

... treatment had a positive effect on body mass growth at 30 days after hatching and immune response at sexual maturity, while egg testosterone treatment positively influenced immune response at fledging and courtship behaviour in sexually mature male offspring. Maternal effects are known to modulate offspring...

... interests. 10 4 2020 17 9 2020 © 2020. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2020 http://www.biologists.com/user-licence-1-1/ Summary: Thyroid hormones have been overlooked in the context of hormone-mediated maternal effects; mothers may regulate yolk thyroid hormone...

... of developmental events, whereas aspects of embryo morphology and overall development time were influenced only by embryonic exposure to mild hypoxia. Developmental plasticity Gastropod Maternal effects Planktotroph Phenotypically plastic responses in morphology, physiology and behaviour may...

...Naim M. Bautista; Amélie Crespel; Janna Crossley; Pamela Padilla; Warren Burggren ABSTRACT Transgenerational inheritance from both parental lines can occur by genetic and epigenetic inheritance. Maternal effects substantially influence offspring survival and fitness. However, investigation...

...Nicole A. Campbell; Rachel Angles; Rachel M. Bowden; Joseph M. Casto; Ryan T. Paitz ABSTRACT Maternal transfer of steroids to eggs can elicit permanent effects on offspring phenotype. Although testosterone was thought to be a key mediator of maternal effects in birds, we now know that vertebrate...

.../ Summary: Experimental increases in glucocorticoids in breeding female North American red squirrels affects offspring postnatal growth but not levels of oxidative damage and antioxidants or telomere lengths. Developmental plasticity Life history Maternal effects Tamiasciurus hudsonicus...

..., and the importance of developmental and ecological context, that have confounded generalisable patterns of single maternal effects in avian studies will magnify the challenge of understanding the multivariate egg. Evidence for strong, long-term maternal effects for single egg components remains equivocal in birds...

... that the effects of increased exposure of the embryo to maternal androgens take place either before this early conversion or are mediated by these metabolites with an as yet unknown function, opening new avenues for understanding hormone-mediated maternal effects in vertebrates. * Author for correspondence...

..., an understanding of the mechanisms underlying these effects is lagging and is crucial to appreciating the significance of this maternal effect. In the present study, we sought to better understand maternal stress effects by examining the potential for embryonic regulation of corticosterone exposure, determining...