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The role of maternal effects on offspring performance in familiar and novel environments.
Heredity - 1 Jul 2021
Vrtílek Milan, Chuard Pierre J C, Iglesias-Carrasco Maider, Zhang Zhuzhi, Jennions Michael D, Head Megan L
Abstract excerpt
Maternal effects are an important evolutionary force that may either facilitate adaptation to a new environment or buffer against unfavourable conditions. The degree of variation in traits expressed by siblings from different mothers is often sensitive to environmental conditions. This could generate a Maternal-by-Environment interaction (M × E) that inflates estimates of Genotype-by-Environment effects (G × E)....
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