Maternal effects in the model system Daphnia: the ecological past meets the epigenetic future.

Abstract excerpt

Maternal effects have been shown to play influential roles in many evolutionary and ecological processes. However, understanding how environmental stimuli induce within-generation responses that transverse across generations remains elusive, particularly when attempting to segregate confounding effects from offspring genotypes. This review synthesizes literature regarding resource- and predation-driven maternal...

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• Biological Evolution
• Daphnia
• Epigenesis, Genetic
• Maternal Inheritance
• Phenotype