| Determining the adaptive potential of maternal stress. | |
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PMID: 23205937 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Ecological and medical researchers are investing great effort to determine the role of Maternally-Derived Stress (MDS) as an inducer of phenotypic plasticity in offspring. Many researchers have interpreted phenotypic responses as unavoidable negative outcomes (e.g., small birth weight, high anxiety); however, a biased underestimate of the adaptive potential of MDS-induced effects is possible if they are not viewed within an ecologically relevant or a life-history optimization framework. We review the ecological and environmental drivers of MDS, how MDS signals are transferred to offspring, and what responses MDS induces. Results from four free-living vertebrate systems reveals that although MDS induces seemingly negative investment trade-offs in offspring, these phenotypic adjustments can be adaptive if they better match the offspring to future environments; however, responses can prove maladaptive if they unreliably predict (i.e., are mismatched to) future environments. Furthermore, MDS-induced adjustments that may prove maladaptive for individual offspring can still prove adaptive to mothers by reducing current reproductive investment, and benefitting lifetime reproductive success. We suggest that to properly determine the adaptive potential of MDS, researchers must take a broader integrated life-history perspective, appreciate both the immediate and longer term environmental context, and examine lifetime offspring and maternal fitness. |
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M J Sheriff; O P Love |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-12-4 |
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Title: Ecology letters Volume: - ISSN: 1461-0248 ISO Abbreviation: Ecol. Lett. Publication Date: 2012 Dec |
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Created Date: 2012-12-4 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101121949 Medline TA: Ecol Lett Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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© 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd/CNRS. |
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Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA. |
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