Maternal Diet and Insulin-Like Signaling Control Intergenerational Plasticity of Progeny Size and Starvation Resistance.

Maternal effects of environmental conditions produce intergenerational phenotypic plasticity. Adaptive value of these effects depends on appropriate anticipation of environmental conditions in the next generation, and mismatch between conditions may contribute to disease. However, regulation of inte...

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Main Authors: Jonathan D Hibshman, Anthony Hung, L Ryan Baugh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-10-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5081166?pdf=render