Article
Acoustic developmental programming: a mechanistic and evolutionary framework.
Trends in ecology & evolution - 1 Aug 2021
Mariette Mylene M, Clayton David F, Buchanan Katherine L
Abstract excerpt
Conditions experienced prenatally, by modulating developmental processes, have lifelong effects on individual phenotypes and fitness, ultimately influencing population dynamics. In addition to maternal biochemical cues, prenatal sound is emerging as a potent alternative source of information to direct embryonic development. Recent evidence suggests that prenatal acoustic signals can program individual phenotypes...
Topics
- Acoustics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Biological Evolution
- Embryonic Development
- Female
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Pregnancy
