ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2019
Revisiting mechanisms and functions of prenatal hormone-mediated maternal effects using avian species as a model.
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- Maternal β-carotene supplementation improves offspring growth, development, immunity, and intestinal microbiota in chickens via immune-mediated and microbial-mediated maternal effects.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Balance in the Head: How Developmental Factors Explain Relationships Between Brain Asymmetries and Mental Diseases.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- DNA Methylation Associates With Sex-Specific Effects of Experimentally Increased Yolk Testosterone in Wild Nestlings.Molecular ecology · 2025Article
- Maternal effects in the model system Daphnia: the ecological past meets the epigenetic future.Heredity · 2025Review
- Maternal β-carotene addition has long-term effects on intestinal health of offspring chicks.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Mechanisms of Heat Stress on Neuroendocrine and Organ Damage and Nutritional Measures of Prevention and Treatment in Poultry.Biology · 2024Review
- Maternal stress effects across generations in a precocial bird.Royal Society open science · 2024Article
- Exposure to calls before hatching affects the post-hatching behaviour of domestic chickens.Royal Society open science · 2024Article
- Maternal developmental history alters transfer of circadian clock genes to offspring in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica).Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Maternal effects can adaptively modulate offspring developmental trajectories in variable but predictable environments. Hormone synthesis is sensitive to environmental factors, and maternal hormones are thus a powerful mechanism to transfer environmental cues to the next generation. Birds have become a key model for the study of hormone-mediated maternal effects because the embryo develops outside the mother's body, facilitating the measurement and manipulation of prenatal hormone exposure. At the same time, birds are excellent models for the integration of both proximate and ultimate approaches, which is key to a better understanding of the evolution of hormone-mediated maternal effects. Over the past two decades, a surge of studies on hormone-mediated maternal effects has revealed an increasing number of discrepancies. In this review, we discuss the role of the environment, genetic factors and social interactions in causing these discrepancies and provide a framework to resolve them. We also explore the largely neglected role of the embryo in modulating the maternal signal, as well as costs and benefits of hormone transfer and expression for the different family members. We conclude by highlighting fruitful avenues for future research that have opened up thanks to new theoretical insights and technical advances in the field. This article is part of the theme issue 'Developing differences: early-life effects and evolutionary medicine'.
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