Nongenetic paternal effects via seminal fluid

Abstract Mounting evidence suggests that nongenetic paternal effects on offspring may be widespread among animal taxa, but the mechanisms underlying this form of nongenetic inheritance are not yet fully understood. Here, we show that seminal fluids underlie paternal effects on early offspring surviv...

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Main Authors: Leigh W. Simmons, Maxine Lovegrove
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2019-08-01
Series:Evolution Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.124