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ArticleeLife2021

Intergenerational adaptations to stress are evolutionarily conserved, stress-specific, and have deleterious trade-offs.

Nicholas O Burton, Alexandra Willis, Kinsey Fisher, Fabian Braukmann, Jonathan Price, Lewis Stevens, L Ryan Baugh, Aaron Reinke, Eric A Miska

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Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Nicholas O BurtonCentre for Trophoblast Research, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-5495-3988
Alexandra WillisDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Kinsey FisherDepartment of Biology, Duke University, Durham, United States.
Fabian BraukmannGurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Jonathan PriceGurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6554-5667
Lewis StevensDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6075-8273
L Ryan BaughDepartment of Biology, Duke University, Durham, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2148-5492
Aaron ReinkeDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7612-5342
Eric A MiskaGurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-4450-576X
University of Cambridge · GBDuke University · USUniversity of Toronto · CANorthwestern University · USVan Andel Institute · US

Funding

Systemic, maternal and transgenerational effects of nutrient stressR01GM117408 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI BAUGH, LARRY RYAN · 2015 to 2022
$2.5M
Cancer Research UK 18583Cancer Research UK 27826Cancer Research UK C13474/A18583Cancer Research UK C6946/A14492NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM117408Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 092096/Z/10/ZWellcome Trust 104640/Z/14/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite reports of parental exposure to stress promoting physiological adaptations in progeny in diverse organisms, there remains considerable debate over the significance and evolutionary conservation of such multigenerational effects. Here, we investigate four independent models of intergenerational adaptations to stress in

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Adaptation, BiologicalCaenorhabditis elegansEvolution, MolecularAnimalsNutritional StatusOsmotic PressureC. elegansevolutionary biologygeneticsgenomicsintergenerationalN. parisii infectionnutrient stressosmotic stressP. vranovensistransgenerational

Identifiers

PMID34622777
PMCPMC8570697
OpenAlexW3202916731

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