DNA Methylation Associates With Sex‐Specific Effects of Experimentally Increased Yolk Testosterone in Wild Nestlings

B Sepers, S Ruuskanen, T van Mastrigt… - Molecular …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Maternal hormones can profoundly impact offspring physiology and behaviour in sex‐
dependent ways. Yet little is known about the molecular mechanisms linking these maternal …

Epigenetic Diversity and the Evolutionary Potential of Wild Populations

M Baltazar‐Soares, A Balard… - Evolutionary …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fast‐paced selective pressures imposed by climate change and anthropogenic activities
call for adaptive evolutionary responses to emerge at ecological timescales. However, the …

Corticosterone exposure causes long-term changes in DNA methylation, physiology, and breeding decisions in a wild bird

CC Taff, SM McNew, L Campagna, MN Vitousek - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
When facing challenges, vertebrates activate an evolutionarily conserved hormonal stress
response that can dramatically alter behavior and physiology. Although this response can …