Higher, Faster, Better: Maternal Effects Shorten Time Lags and Increase Morphological Defenses in Daphnia lumholtzi Offspring Generations

Higher, Faster, Better: Maternal Effects Shorten Time Lags and Increase Morphological Defenses in Daphnia lumholtzi Offspring Generations

Prey species can respond to the presence of predators by inducing phenotypic plastic traits which form morphological, life history or behavioral defenses. These so-called inducible defenses have evolved within a cost-benefit framework. They are only formed when they are needed, and costs associated...

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Main Authors: Annette Graeve, Marjan Janßen, Mariana Villalba de la Pena, Ralph Tollrian, Linda C. Weiss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
transgenerational phenotypic plasticity
within generational phenotypic plasticity
head spines
kairomone
predator
Daphnia
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.637421/full

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