Background The preconception period represents transgenerational opportunities to
optimize modifiable risk factors associated with both short and long-term adverse health …

Recent advancements in the understanding of how sperm develop into offspring have
shown complex interactions between environmental influences and genetic factors. The past …

Background Experimental studies suggest that exposures may impact respiratory health
across generations via epigenetic changes transmitted specifically through male germ cells …

Previous chapters have outlined the classic concept of plasticity, its mechanistic basis, and
its adaptive importance. Plasticity is the ability of an individual organism or genotype to …

Epigenetic inheritance can result in plastic responses to changing environments being
faithfully transmitted to offspring. However, it remains unclear how epigenetic mechanisms …

Climate change is rapidly altering the thermal environment in terrestrial and aquatic
systems. Transgenerational thermal plasticity (TGP)–which occurs when the temperatures …

The evidence supports the occurrence of environmentally-induced paternal epigenetic
inheritance that shapes the offspring phenotype in the absence of direct or indirect paternal …

Higher temperatures are now observed in several ecosystems and act as new selective
agents that shape traits and fitness of individuals. Transgenerational effects may be …

Pesticides are indispensable in agriculture and have become ubiquitous in aquatic
environments. Pesticides in natural environments can cause many negative impacts on …

Current climate change is leading to increasingly unpredictable environmental conditions
and is imposing new challenges to wildlife. For example, ambient conditions fluctuating …