The jury is still out regarding the generality of adaptive 'transgenerational' effects

© 2020 The Authors. Ecology Letters published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd..

A recent meta-analysis concluded, 'transgenerational effects are widespread, strong and persistent'. We identify biases in the literature search, data and analyses, questioning that conclusion. Re-analyses indicate few studies actually tested transgenerational effects - making it challenging to disentangle condition-transfer from anticipatory parental effects, and providing little insight into the underlying mechanisms.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Ecology letters - 23(2020), 11 vom: 01. Nov., Seite 1715-1718

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sánchez-Tójar, Alfredo [VerfasserIn]
Lagisz, Malgorzata [VerfasserIn]
Moran, Nicholas P [VerfasserIn]
Nakagawa, Shinichi [VerfasserIn]
Noble, Daniel W A [VerfasserIn]
Reinhold, Klaus [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anticipatory effects
Carry-over effects
Condition-transfer effects
Intergenerational effects
Journal Article
Maternal effects
Parental effects
Parental programming
Paternal effects
Transgenerational plasticity

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 08.12.2020

Date Revised 14.12.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/ele.13479

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM314178635