 | Alex Richter-Boix, Germán Orizaola, Anssi Laurila. Ecology. Volume 95, Issue 10 (October 2014) pp. 2715-2722. The timing of seasonal life-history events is assumed to evolve to synchronize life cycles with the availability of resources. Temporal variation in breeding time can have severe fitness consequences for the offspring, but the interplay between adult reproductive decisions and offspring phenotypes remains poorly understood. Transgenerational plasticity (TGP) is a potential mechanism allowing rapid responses to environmental change. Here, we investigated if experimentally delayed breeding induces TGP in larval life-history traits in the moor frog (Rana arvalis). We found clear evidence of TGP in response to changes in breeding phenology: delayed breeding increased offspring development and growth rates in the absence of external cues. Leer más. |
Transgenerational phenotypic plasticity links breeding phenology with offspring life-history
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