Article
Environmental Sciences
Mari Polkki, Markus J. Rantala
Summary: Exposure to environmental stressors like heavy metals causes intra- and trans-generational fitness costs, but individuals may acclimatize in contaminated conditions, potentially reducing fitness under uncontaminated conditions. These findings support the adaptive parental effects hypothesis, suggesting that parents may produce offspring that are more successful under conditions faced by the parents.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Naim M. Bautista, Amelie Crespel
Summary: The unprecedented rates of change in environmental conditions due to climate change pose challenges to the coping capacities and resilience of organisms within and across generations. Future research should focus on considering variability in different time-scale events, plastic responses from embryonic to adult stages, species life-history traits, and trans-generational effects on individual survival and population maintenance.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sudhakar Krittika, Pankaj Yadav
Summary: This study investigated the effects of long-term protein restriction diet on body size, weight, and wing length in fruit flies. The results showed that flies on a protein-restricted diet had lower body weight and relative water content, unchanged or higher relative fat content, and smaller normal and dry wing length. Furthermore, protein restriction also significantly affected wing size and pupal size, and these effects were influenced by diet and generation.
ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Zoology
Juliano Morimoto
Summary: This study found that parental ecological history, including developmental and adult social environments, can modulate the effects of parental age at reproduction on the expression of offspring traits.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jing Zhang, Yungu Zheng, Zhenyang Yu
Summary: This study investigated the multi-generational effects of ofloxacin and norfloxacin on reproduction in Caenorhabditis elegans. The results showed fluctuating reproductive toxicities of these antibiotics across different generations. Further analysis revealed a closer connection between these reproductive toxicities and total cholesterol, progesterone, and testosterone. Additionally, significant trans-generational reproductive toxicities were observed in the great-granddaughter generation, indicating the impact of multi-generational exposure on reproductive health.
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Britany L. Morgan, Kathleen Donohue
Summary: This study found that DNA methylation in both parents and offspring plays different roles in regulating plant responses to the environment. Parental DNA demethylation mainly affects phenotype responses in early life stages, while offspring DNA demethylation has an influence throughout life.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Venla Berg, Ralf Kuja-Halkola, Brian M. D'Onofrio, Paul Lichtenstein, Antti Latvala
Summary: Parents with substance misuse may lead to earlier parenthood in their offspring, but this association may be influenced by genetic confounding. Life history theory needs further testing with genetically informative research designs.
EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Perret Martine, Anzeraey Aude
Summary: Parental age at conception has a significant impact on the longevity of offspring, particularly the age of the mother. However, the age of the father has a minimal effect on offspring longevity. The longevity of female offspring is positively correlated with the longevity of both parents.
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Omar Dominguez-Castanedo, Daniela Palomino-Cruz, Maite Mascaro, Gabriela Rodriguez-Fuentes, Oscar E. Juarez, Clara E. Galindo-Sanchez, Claudia Caamal-Monsreal, Pavel Galindo Torres, Fernando Diaz, Carlos Rosas
Summary: Anthropogenic global warming has profound metabolic effects on marine ectotherm invertebrates, potentially leading to species extinction. This study explores the cross-generational effects of thermal stress on Octopus maya, revealing that thermally stressed females produce smaller eggs with lower yolk content, and their embryos have lower body weight, higher respiratory rates, and a collapse in the antioxidant defense system. These findings suggest that embryos inherit some oxidative damage from their thermally stressed mothers, resulting in smaller sizes, less yolk, and higher metabolic rates.
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Carina Bodden, Anthony J. Hannan, Amy C. Reichelt
Summary: Unhealthy lifestyles and mental health problems are increasingly prevalent globally, with diet playing a significant role in influencing offspring brain development and behavior, potentially predisposing children to mental health issues. Evidence suggests that parental diet can program infant metabolism and neurobehavioral function, with implications for mental health and resilience. Additionally, the microbiota-gut-brain axis has been identified as a key mediator of host physiology, highlighting the impact of parental lineage on offspring gut health and neurobiology.
TRENDS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ying Zhang, Chao Zhao, Hu Zhang, Qiang Lu, Jingjing Zhou, Ran Liu, Shizhi Wang, Yuepu Pu, Lihong Yin
Summary: The study revealed that copper pollution can cause trans-generational toxic effects on Caenorhabditis elegans and its offspring, affecting growth, neurons, oxidative stress response, and metal detoxification genes.
Article
Ecology
Carlos A. Aguilar-Trigueros, Franz-Sebastian Krah, William K. Cornwell, Amy E. Zanne, Nerea Abrego, Ian C. Anderson, Carrie J. Andrew, Petr Baldrian, Claus Baessler, Andrew Bissett, V. Bala Chaudhary, Baodong Chen, Yongliang Chen, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Coline Deveautour, Eleonora Egidi, Habacuc Flores-Moreno, Jacob Golan, Jacob Heilmann-Clausen, Stefan Hempel, Yajun Hu, Havard Kauserud, Stephanie N. Kivlin, Petr Kohout, Daniel R. Lammel, Fernando T. Maestre, Anne Pringle, Jenna Purhonen, Brajesh K. Singh, Stavros D. Veresoglou, Tomas Vetrovsky, Haiyang Zhang, Matthias C. Rillig, Jeff R. Powell
Summary: Despite the ubiquity of host-fungal symbiotic interactions, the effects of symbiosis on the ecology and evolution of fungal spores involved in dispersal and colonization have been neglected. Through a spore morphology database, we found that symbiotic status correlated with changes in spore size, but this effect varied among different fungal phyla. Symbiosis explained more variation in spore size distribution than climatic variables, and spores of plant-associated fungi have more restricted dispersal potential compared to free-living fungi. Our study advances life-history theory by highlighting the role of symbiosis in shaping reproductive and dispersal strategies among living organisms.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ying-Hao Xue, Zhan-Xiang Sun, Liang-Shan Feng, Tuo Jin, Jin-Cheng Xing, Xin-Li Wen
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the toxicity of polyethylene microplastics on freshwater rotifers. The results showed that polyethylene microplastics suppressed the reproduction of rotifers, but this negative effect could be alleviated by increasing food supply. In addition, exposure to polyethylene microplastics also led to biological effects such as oxidative stress in rotifers.
Article
Psychiatry
Ye Liu, Yu Liu, Yuzhu Lu, Jiangping Li, Shulan He
Summary: This study investigated the intergenerational association of parental famine exposure with depression and cognition in the offspring using data from the Chinese Family Panel Studies database. The results showed significant negative correlations between parental famine exposure during different life stages and offspring depression and cognitive function, indicating varying degrees of negative impact on offspring.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Entomology
Xiang-Shun Hu, Chen Luo, Guang-Kuo Li, Zhan-Feng Zhang, Chun-Ping Wang, Zu-Qing Hu, Hui-Yan Zhao, Tong-Xian Liu
Summary: The study demonstrated that wheat varieties Ww2730 and Xiaoyan22 showed greater resistance to Sitobion avenae compared to Batis, regardless of the aphids being newly introduced or acclimated. However, the effect of resistance on aphid life-history traits was time dependent, with differences observed in weight gain, development time, fecundity, and net reproduction rates. Despite improvements in individual life-history parameters, reproductive fitness decreased over time.
JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Immunology
Oliver Otti, Peter Deines, Katrin Hammerschmidt, Klaus Reinhardt
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2017)
Article
Entomology
Sara Bellinvia, Paul R. Johnston, Klaus Reinhardt, Oliver Otti
ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY
(2020)
Review
Entomology
Heike Feldhaar, Oliver Otti
Article
Entomology
Sara Bellinvia, Andrea Spachtholz, Ina Borgwardt, Bastian Schauer, Oliver Otti
JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Biology
Sara Bellinvia, Paul R. Johnston, Susan Mbedi, Oliver Otti
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Gitta Baeuerle, Heike Feldhaar, Oliver Otti
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Simon Tragust, Pina Brinker, Natacha Rossel, Oliver Otti
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jana Kremenova, Ondrej Balvin, Oliver Otti, Michal Pavonic, Klaus Reinhardt, Zdenek Simek, Tomas Bartonicka
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2020)
Article
Microbiology
Panupong Thongprem, Sophie E. F. Evison, Gregory D. D. Hurst, Oliver Otti
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jana Kremenova, Tomas Bartonicka, Ondrej Balvin, Christian Massino, Klaus Reinhardt, Marketa Sasinkova, Alfons R. Weig, Oliver Otti
Summary: Sperm performance can be influenced by male diet, particularly in the human lineage. Blood from bats had a beneficial effect on sperm competitiveness, but the influence of diet on sperm performance was shaped by interaction in the two lineages.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Frederic Hueftlein, Dimitri Seidenath, Andreas Mittereder, Thomas Hillenbrand, Dieter Brueggemann, Oliver Otti, Heike Feldhaar, Christian Laforsch, Matthias Schott
Summary: The diesel-powered transportation sector is a major producer of environmental pollution in the form of diesel exhaust particles (DEP) which can affect the health and survival of pollinators. Researchers exposed Bombus terrestris to different concentrations of DEP and found that chronic oral exposure to high doses of DEP resulted in increased mortality. However, acute oral exposure showed no dose-dependent effects on survival or fat body content of the bees. These findings highlight the potential harmful effects of high levels of DEP on insect pollinators.
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Dimitri Seidenath, Alfons R. Weig, Andreas Mittereder, Thomas Hillenbrand, Dieter Brueggemann, Thorsten Opel, Nico Langhof, Marcel Riedl, Heike Feldhaar, Oliver Otti
Summary: Insect decline poses a significant threat to ecosystems worldwide due to their vital ecological roles, such as pollination and pest control. The decline is primarily caused by pollution, changes in land use, global warming, and invasive species. While the negative impacts of pesticides are well-documented, the effects of other types of anthropogenic pollutants, such as airborne particulate matter, on insects remain poorly understood.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Zoology
Tomas Bartonicka, Jana Kremenova, Ondrej Balvin, Zdenek Simek, Oliver Otti
Summary: Understanding the number of mates an animal has in its lifetime is crucial for sexual selection. Differences in an organism's ecology can affect mating rates. Mating rate significantly impacts female fitness, but laboratory measurements might not accurately reflect the situation in the wild.
FRONTIERS IN ZOOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Zoology
Marketa Sasinkova, Ondrej Balvin, Jana Vandrovcova, Christian Massino, Alfons R. Weig, Klaus Reinhardt, Oliver Otti, Tomas Bartonicka
Summary: This study investigated the reproductive isolation mechanisms between bedbugs parasitizing humans and bats. The results showed that despite differences in sperm storage capability and egg-laying rates, there was no post-copulatory reproductive isolation between HL and BL lineages.
FRONTIERS IN ZOOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Zoology
Elena Kaufmann, Oliver Otti
