Maternal effects
Maternal effects
Maternal effects are influences of maternal attributes on the offspring phenotype where the causality of the effects is not via direct genetic transmission of maternal alleles. First considered to be a nuisance parameter by animal and plant breeders, maternal effects are now increasingly perceived to be an integral part of the evolutionary process. Here we provide an overview of the quantitative genetic theory and empirical findings responsible for this altered perspective and highlight directions for future research.
maternal effects, maternal environment, maternal performance, nongenetic inheritance, parental effects, phenotypic plasticity, phenotypic variation, quantitative genetics, reaction norm, transgenerational plasticity
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Van Dooren, Tom J M
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Hoyle, Rebecca B
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Plaistow, Stewart J
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21 April 2016
Van Dooren, Tom J M
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Hoyle, Rebecca B
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Plaistow, Stewart J
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Van Dooren, Tom J M, Hoyle, Rebecca B and Plaistow, Stewart J
(2016)
Maternal effects.
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Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology.
Oxford, GB.
Academic Press, .
(doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-800049-6.00051-2).
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Maternal effects are influences of maternal attributes on the offspring phenotype where the causality of the effects is not via direct genetic transmission of maternal alleles. First considered to be a nuisance parameter by animal and plant breeders, maternal effects are now increasingly perceived to be an integral part of the evolutionary process. Here we provide an overview of the quantitative genetic theory and empirical findings responsible for this altered perspective and highlight directions for future research.
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Published date: 21 April 2016
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maternal effects, maternal environment, maternal performance, nongenetic inheritance, parental effects, phenotypic plasticity, phenotypic variation, quantitative genetics, reaction norm, transgenerational plasticity
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Stewart J Plaistow
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