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
408-411
Lock, Judith E.
34e0dadc-1ebd-41ad-9b22-06d449f90686
23 June 2012
Lock, Judith E.
34e0dadc-1ebd-41ad-9b22-06d449f90686
Lock, Judith E.
(2012)
Transgenerational effects of parent and grandparent gender on offspring development in a biparental beetle species.
Biology Letters, 8 (3), .
(doi:10.1098/rsbl.2011.0920).
(PMID:22090206)
Abstract
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
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