Environmental variation mediates the evolution of anticipatory parental effects
M. I. Lind, M. K. Zwoinska, J. Andersson, H. Carlsson, T. Krieg, T. Larva, A. A. Maklakov
This study shows that anticipatory maternal effects evolve in predictable environments but are lost in unpredictable ones, enhancing offspring fitness in stable conditions.
bioRxiv · Feb 11, 2020Evolutionary Biology