Maternal stress can affect the offspring of birds, possibly due to hormone deposition in the
egg. Additionally, phenotypic diversity resulting from domestication and selection for …

There is growing evidence that the environment experienced by one generation can
influence phenotypes in the next generation via transgenerational plasticity (TGP). One of …

Early-life exposure to stressors can shape the phenotype of the offspring resulting in
changes that may affect their prehatch and posthatch development. This can be modeled …

Environmental changes can be stressors (altered habitat and food supply, climate change,
etc.) to wild animals. Stressors trigger the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis to …

Maternal stress during gestation has the potential to affect offspring development via
changes in maternal physiology, such as increases in circulating levels of glucocorticoid …

Exposure to increased temperatures during early development can lead to phenotypic
plasticity in morphology, physiology, and behavior across a range of ectothermic animals. In …

The colonization of novel environments requires a favorable response to conditions never,
or rarely, encountered in recent evolutionary history. For example, populations colonizing …

Environmental sex determination (ESD) is common among ectothermic vertebrates. The
stress axis and production of stress hormones (corticosteroids) regulates ESD in fish, but …

Exposure to maternally derived steroids during embryonic development can elicit
phenotypic effects in the resulting offspring. Studies of maternal steroid effects, especially …

Yolk hormones are substances which transmit non-genetic factors from the mother to the
next generation. The systematic changes of yolk hormone concentrations within …