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Intergenerational effects of paternal predator cue exposure on behavior, stress reactivity, and neural gene expression.
Hormones and behavior - 1 Aug 2020
Brass Kelsey E, Herndon Nathan, Gardner Sarah A, Grindstaff Jennifer L, Campbell Polly
Abstract excerpt
Predation threat impacts prey behavior, physiology, and fitness. Stress-mediated alterations to the paternal epigenome can be transmitted to offspring via the germline, conferring a potential advantage to offspring in predator-rich environments. While intergenerational epigenetic transmission of paternal experience has been demonstrated in mammals, how paternal predator exposure might alter offspring phenotypes...
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