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Sex-specific transgenerational plasticity: developmental temperatures of mothers and fathers have different effects on sons and daughters.
The Journal of experimental biology - 15 Jun 2023
Seebacher Frank, Bamford Stephanie M, Le Roy Amelie
Abstract excerpt
Each parent can influence offspring phenotype via provisioning of the zygote or sex-specific DNA methylation. Transgenerational plasticity may therefore depend on the environmental conditions experienced by each parent. We tested this hypothesis by conducting a fully factorial experiment across three generations of guppies (Poecilia reticulata), determining the effects of warm (28°C) and cold (21°C) thermal...
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