..., metabolism, oxidative stress, maternal effects Introduction Early-life environment has been repeatedly observed to affect adult health and survival prospects in human and non-human vertebrates (Barnes and Ozanne, 2011; Godfrey and Barker, 2001; Metcalfe and Monaghan, 2001). While the mechanisms underlying...

... mediating costs of reproduction and maternal effects remain poorly understood. Studies examining the effects of environmental stressors on a female's physiological state and body condition during reproduction, as well as the physiological condition of offspring, have yielded equivocal results. Mitochondrial...

... development in Trachemys scripta but act on different points of the sex-determining pathway. Steroid hormone Fluctuating temperature Sexual differentiation Intron retention Maternal effects National Science Foundation http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001 2114111 Beta Lambda...

... deposition in avian eggs . Biol. Lett. 1 , 78 - 81 . 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0233 Groothuis , T. G. G. , Eising , C. M. , Blount , J. D. , Surai , P. , Apanius , V. , Dijkstra , C. and Mueller , W. ( 2006 ). Multiple pathways of maternal effects in black–headed gull...

... ). Maternal effects in animal ecology . Am. Zool. 36 , 83 - 105 . 10.1093/icb/36.2.83 Bocco , B. M. L. C. , Fernandes , G. W. , Fonseca , T. L. and Bianco , A. C. ( 2020 ). Iodine deficiency increases fat contribution to energy expenditure in male mice . Endocrinology 161...

... dynamics in North American red squirrels. Regardless of maternal glucocorticoid treatment, more active and aggressive squirrels exhibited lower adrenal reactivity. Coping styles Development GCs Maternal effects Maternal hormones Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Maternal effects...

... by maternal effects in non-overlapping gametic cohorts. We also compared larvae from North Carolina (a genetically distinct population with higher baseline thermal tolerance) and Massachusetts parents, and observed that larvae from heat-exposed Massachusetts parents had thermal thresholds comparable to those...

... treatment had a positive effect on body mass growth at 30 days after hatching and immune response at sexual maturity, while egg testosterone treatment positively influenced immune response at fledging and courtship behaviour in sexually mature male offspring. Maternal effects are known to modulate offspring...

... variation in birds . Ibis   149 , 535 - 552 . 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00680.x Groothuis , T. G. G. and Schwabl , H. ( 2008 ). Hormone-mediated maternal effects in birds: mechanisms matter but what do we know of them?   Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B Biol. Sci.   363 , 1647 - 1661 . 10.1098...

... Bayne , B. L. ( 2004 ). Phenotypic flexibility and physiological trade-offs in the feeding and growth of marine bivalve molluscs . Integr. Comp. Biol.   44 , 425 - 432 . 10.1093/icb/44.6.425 Bernardo , J. ( 1996 ). Maternal effects in animal ecology . Am. Zool.   36 , 83 - 105...

...Naim M. Bautista; Amélie Crespel; Janna Crossley; Pamela Padilla; Warren Burggren ABSTRACT Transgenerational inheritance from both parental lines can occur by genetic and epigenetic inheritance. Maternal effects substantially influence offspring survival and fitness. However, investigation...

...Nicole A. Campbell; Rachel Angles; Rachel M. Bowden; Joseph M. Casto; Ryan T. Paitz ABSTRACT Maternal transfer of steroids to eggs can elicit permanent effects on offspring phenotype. Although testosterone was thought to be a key mediator of maternal effects in birds, we now know that vertebrate...

.../j.ajog.2016.01.177 McAdam , A. G. , Boutin , S. , Réale , D. and Berteaux , D. ( 2002 ). Maternal effects and the potential for evolution in a natural population of animals . Evolution   56 , 846 - 851 . 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01396.x McAdam , A. G. , Boutin...

... phenotype. Multivariate egg Maternal effects Maternal antibodies Yolk testosterone Taeniopygia guttata Eggs have a complex maternally derived composition with components that serve not only as nutrients (resources) but also as ‘signals’ from the mother. These can potentially affect...

... that the effects of increased exposure of the embryo to maternal androgens take place either before this early conversion or are mediated by these metabolites with an as yet unknown function, opening new avenues for understanding hormone-mediated maternal effects in vertebrates. * Author for correspondence...

..., an understanding of the mechanisms underlying these effects is lagging and is crucial to appreciating the significance of this maternal effect. In the present study, we sought to better understand maternal stress effects by examining the potential for embryonic regulation of corticosterone exposure, determining...

... demonstrate steroid sulfatase is present in various tissues during embryonic development. Steroid metabolism Oviparous vertebrate Maternal effects Reptile Steroids are important mediators of embryonic development as they are capable of influencing phenotypes in all vertebrates ( Cooke et al...

... markers in the yolk, liver and brain, and embryo morphology in the yellow-legged gull. Bivariate mixed models Larus michahellis Maternal effects Morphological traits Oxidative status Vitamin E Organisms are exposed to oxidizing agents originating from the external environment and also...

... Environmental sex determination Maternal effects Reproductive investment Sex allocation Thermal ecology Thermoregulation The parental environment is a key driver of offspring phenotypic variation ( Mousseau and Dingle, 1991 ; Bernardo, 1996 ; Bonduriansky and Day, 2009 ). These non-genetic...

... , H. ( 2011 ). Predation risk affects offspring growth via maternal effects . Funct. Ecol.   25 , 878 - 888 . 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01834.x Dantzer , B. , Newman , A. E. M. , Boonstra , R. , Palme , R. , Boutin , S. , Humphries , M. M. and McAdam , A. G...