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Transgenerational effects of parent and grandparent gender on offspring development in a biparental beetle species

Transgenerational effects of parent and grandparent gender on offspring development in a biparental beetle species
Transgenerational effects of parent and grandparent gender on offspring development in a biparental beetle species
Parental effects on offspring life-history traits are common and increasingly well-studied. However, the extent to which these effects persist into offspring in subsequent generations has received less attention. In this experiment, maternal and paternal effects on offspring and grand-offspring were investigated in the biparental burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides, using a split-family design. This allowed the separation of prenatal and postnatal transgenerational effects. Grandparent and parent gender were found to have a cumulative effect on offspring development and may provide a selection pressure on the division of parental investment in biparental species.
maternal effect, biparental care, burying beetle
1744-9561
408-411
Lock, Judith E.
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Lock, Judith E.
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Lock, Judith E. (2012) Transgenerational effects of parent and grandparent gender on offspring development in a biparental beetle species. Biology Letters, 8 (3), 408-411. (doi:10.1098/rsbl.2011.0920). (PMID:22090206)

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Parental effects on offspring life-history traits are common and increasingly well-studied. However, the extent to which these effects persist into offspring in subsequent generations has received less attention. In this experiment, maternal and paternal effects on offspring and grand-offspring were investigated in the biparental burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides, using a split-family design. This allowed the separation of prenatal and postnatal transgenerational effects. Grandparent and parent gender were found to have a cumulative effect on offspring development and may provide a selection pressure on the division of parental investment in biparental species.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 16 November 2011
Published date: 23 June 2012
Keywords: maternal effect, biparental care, burying beetle
Organisations: Centre for Biological Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 356202
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/356202
ISSN: 1744-9561
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