Article
Sperm pre-fertilization thermal environment shapes offspring phenotype and performance.
The Journal of experimental biology - 24 Oct 2018
Kekäläinen Jukka, Oskoei Párástu, Janhunen Matti, Koskinen Heikki, Kortet Raine, Huuskonen Hannu
Abstract excerpt
The sperm pre-fertilization environment has recently been suggested to mediate remarkable transgenerational consequences for offspring phenotype (transgenerational plasticity, TGB), but the adaptive significance of the process has remained unclear. Here, we studied the transgenerational effects of sperm pre-fertilization thermal environment in a cold-adapted salmonid, the European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus)....
Topics
- Animals
- Fertilization
- Hot Temperature
- Male
- Phenotype
- Salmonidae
- Sperm Motility
- Spermatozoa