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

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2020

Authors

Sanchez-Tojar, Alredo
Lagisz, M
Moran, Nicholas P.
Nakagawa, Shinichi
Noble, Daniel WA
Reinhold, Klaus

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

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. Reanalyses 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.

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Keywords

anticipatory effects, carry-over effects, condition-transfer effects, intergenerational effects, maternal effects, parental effects, parental programming, paternal effects, transgenerational plasticity

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/230951

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ANU Research Publications

Source

Ecology Letters

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Journal article

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Open Access

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Creative Commons Attribution License

DOI

10.1111/ele.13479

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