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Christina Gao

Museum of Vertebrate ZoologyORCID 0000-0002-8599-3966Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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A maternal effect shapes early-life adaptive body size variation in house mice

Sylvia M. Durkin, Christina Gao, Michael W. Nachman

This study investigates how maternal effects and genetic variation jointly shape body size divergence in house mice, finding that maternal environment significantly influences early-life weight and is linked to nutrient signaling pathways.

bioRxiv · Aug 17, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology