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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2025

Do you remember? Within-generation and transgenerational heat stress memory of recurring marine heatwaves in threespine stickleback.

Helen C Spence-Jones, Cassandra Scheibl, Carla M Pein, Monica Ionita, Lisa N S Shama

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Low-Dose HGlobal challenges (Hoboken, NJ) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Helen C Spence-JonesCoastal Ecology Section, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Wadden Sea Station Sylt, Hafenstrasse 43, List 25992, Germany.
Cassandra ScheiblCoastal Ecology Section, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Wadden Sea Station Sylt, Hafenstrasse 43, List 25992, Germany.
Carla M PeinCoastal Ecology Section, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Wadden Sea Station Sylt, Hafenstrasse 43, List 25992, Germany.
Monica IonitaPaleoclimate Dynamics Section, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, am Handelshafen 12, Bremerhaven 27570, Germany.
Lisa N S ShamaCoastal Ecology Section, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Wadden Sea Station Sylt, Hafenstrasse 43, List 25992, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9017-9950

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Marine heatwaves can have major and lasting effects on organism physiology and species persistence. Such temperature extremes are increasing in frequency, with consecutive heatwave events already occurring within the lifetime of many organisms. Heat stress memory (thermal priming) by individuals is a potential within-generation response to cope with recurring marine heatwaves. However, whether this form of biological memory can be inherited across generations is not well known. We used a three-generation experiment to investigate individual and transgenerational effects of single and recurring marine heatwaves on fitness-related traits using stickleback (

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Extreme HeatHeat-Shock ResponseHot TemperatureSmegmamorphaAnimalsFemaleMaleMemoryReproductionfitness-related traitsgrandparent effectsheat stress memorymarine heatwavesstickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)transgenerational plasticity

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PMID39904388
PMCPMC11793969

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