Epigenetics refers to changes in gene function within the genome that do not directly involve changes to the DNA sequences that regulate the genome. The DNA sequence of the genome is the essential ...

Environmental stresses experienced by individual parents can influence offspring phenotypes in ways that enhance survival under similar conditions. Although such adaptive transgenerational plasticity ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Stressful parental environments can influence offspring size and development either adaptively or maladaptively, yet little is known about ...