Revisiting telegony: offspring inherit an acquired characteristic of their mother's previous mate

Revisiting telegony: offspring inherit an acquired characteristic of their mother's previous mate

Newly discovered non-genetic mechanisms break the link between genes and inheritance, thereby also raising the possibility that previous mating partners could influence traits in offspring sired by subsequent males that mate with the same female ('telegony'). In the fly Telostylinus angusticollis, males transmit their environmentally acquired condition via paternal effects on offspring body siz...

Outcomes in mothers with rheumatic diseases and their offspring workshop

Correspondence to Autumn Neville; [email protected] ABSTRACT This conference report describes six presentations that were given during a Canadian Institutes for Health Research-funded workshop. The goal of the workshop was to discuss key knowledge gaps in the study of outcomes in mothers with rheumatic diseases and their offspring. Presentations focused on epidemiological and methodologi...

Offspring of Chronic Alcoholic Mothers

same observers (K. J. and D. W. S.). Four of these children were recognised as having a similar pattern of altered growth and morphogenesis. Thereafter, two other children were ascertained by the abnormal features identified in the first four patients, while the remaining two affected children were ascertained because their mothers were chronically alcoholic. The mothers of the affected patient...

Exploring the salience of anger for new mothers, their partners, and their young offspring

Parent–Offspring Conflict in Mate Preferences

Prevailing evolutionary approaches to human mating have largely ignored the fact that mating decisions are heavily influenced by parents and other kin. This is significant because parents and children often have conflicting mate preferences. We provide a brief review of how parents have influenced their children’s mating behavior across cultures and throughout history. Then, by drawing on evolu...