An intergenerational lipid memory of the social environment in C. elegans
Thomas Wilhelm, Wei‐Wen Chen, Annika Wenzel, Wenyu Tang, Marcus T. Cicerone, Ben Lehner
The paper shows that C. elegans transmit environmental information through lipid changes across generations, affecting offspring thermotolerance via a neuron-intestine-oocyte pathway.
bioRxiv · Jun 3, 2025 · PreprintGenetics