Transgenerational effects of food availability on age at maturity and reproductive output in an asexual collembolan species | Zendy

Nina Hafer | Zendy; Syazana Ebil | Zendy; Tobias Uller | Zendy; Nathan Pike | Zendy

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Transgenerational effects of food availability on age at maturity and reproductive output in an asexual collembolan species

Author(s) -

Nina Hafer,

Syazana Ebil,

Tobias Uller,

Nathan Pike

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

biology letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.596

H-Index - 110

eISSN - 1744-957X

pISSN - 1744-9561

DOI - 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0139

Subject(s) - biology , transgenerational epigenetics , litter , ecology , offspring , springtail , life history theory , asexual reproduction , zoology , life history , ecotoxicology , genetics , pregnancy

Transgenerational effects of environmental conditions can have several important ecological and evolutionary implications. We conducted a fully factorial experiment manipulating food availability across three generations in the collembolan Folsomia candida, a springtail species that inhabits soil and leaf litter environments which vary in resource availability. Maternal and grandmaternal food availability influenced age at maturity and reproductive output. These effects appear to be cumulative rather than adaptive transgenerational life-history adjustments. Such cumulative effects can profoundly influence eco-evolutionary dynamics in both stable and fluctuating environments.

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