ArticleScientific reports2022
A prenatal acoustic signal of heat affects thermoregulation capacities at adulthood in an arid-adapted bird.
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- Multiome Profiling Reveals Astrocyte and Neuroendocrine Targets of Prenatal Acoustic Programming in Zebra Finch Embryos.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Prenatal acoustic communication triggers adaptive vascular programming in the developing avian brain.The Journal of experimental biology · 2026Article
- Mechanistic insights into avian and chiropteran thermal risk exposure in a warming world.Conservation physiology · 2026Review
- The avian embryo as a time-honoured animal model in developmental, biomedical and agricultural research.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Review
- Prenatal Acoustic Signals Influence Nestling Heat Shock Protein Response to Heat and Heterophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in a Desert Bird.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Exposure to calls before hatching affects the post-hatching behaviour of domestic chickens.Royal Society open science · 2024Article
- A prenatal acoustic signal of heat reduces a biomarker of chronic stress at adulthood across seasons.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems: Mechanisms Underlying Responses to Human-Generated Environmental Impacts.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023Article
- Thermal acclimatisation to heatwave conditions is rapid but sex-specific in wild zebra finches.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
Understanding animal physiological adaptations for tolerating heat, and the causes of inter-individual variation, is key for predicting climate change impacts on biodiversity. Recently, a novel mechanism for transgenerational heat adaptation was identified in a desert-adapted bird, where parents acoustically signal hot conditions to embryos. Prenatal exposure to "heat-calls" adaptively alters zebra finch development and their thermal preferences in adulthood, suggesting a long-term shift towards a heat-adapted phenotype. However, whether such acoustic experience improves long-term thermoregulatory capacities is unknown. We measured metabolic rate (MR), evaporative water loss (EWL) and body temperature in adults exposed to a stepped profile of progressively higher air temperatures (T
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