2023 article

A maladaptive parental effect: offspring survival decreases with maternal over-condition in an amphibian

Harmon, E. A., Li, T., Kelly, P. W., Chen, C., Pfennig, D. W., & Pfennig, K. S. (2023, August 1). BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY.

author keywords: amphibians; captive breeding; obesity; parental effects; thrifty phenotype hypothesis
TL;DR: Evidence that overfeeding of adult Mexican spadefoot toads, Spea multiplicata, is associated with decreased offspring survival is presented, highlighting how obesity can negatively impact future generations via maladaptive maternal effects. (via Semantic Scholar)
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