[PDF][PDF] Prenatal thyroid hormones accelerate postnatal growth and telomere shortening in wild great tits

BY Hsu, N Cossin-Sevrin, A Stier… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
The early-life environment is known to affect later-life health and disease, which could be
mediated by the early-life programming of telomere length, a key hallmark of ageing …

From maternal glucocorticoid and thyroid hormones to epigenetic regulation of offspring gene expression: An experimental study in a wild bird species

M Hukkanen, B Hsu, N Cossin‐Sevrin… - Evolutionary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Offspring phenotype at birth is determined by its genotype and the prenatal environment
including exposure to maternal hormones. Variation in both maternal glucocorticoids and …

Can increased prenatal exposure to thyroid hormones alter physiology and behaviour in the long-term? Insights from an experimental study in Japanese quails

K Aho, A Stier, T Sarraude, BY Hsu, S Ruuskanen - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Maternal thyroid hormones (triiodothyronine T3 and thyroxine T4) are important regulators of
embryonic development and gene expression. While maternal thyroid disorders are known …

Behavioural and physiological parental effects: the effects of partial incubation and yolk thyroid hormones on embryonic metabolism

M Birker-Wegter - 2024 - research.rug.nl
In ecology and evolution, parental effects refer to the influence parents have on their
offspring's traits beyond just genetics. These effects come from factors like parental behavior …