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Older mothers produce more successful daughters.

ABSTRACT: Annual reproductive success and senescence patterns vary substantially among individuals in the wild. However, it is still seldom considered that senescence may not only affect an individual but also affect age-specific reproductive success in its offspring, generating transgenerational reproductive senescence. We used long-term data from wild yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventer) living in two different elevational environments to quantify age-specific reproductive success of daughters born to mothers differing in age. Contrary to prediction, daughters born to older mothers had greater annual reproductive success on average than daughters born to younger mothers, and this translated into greater lifetime reproductive success. However, in the favorable lower elevation environment, daughters born to older mothers also had greater age-specific decreases in annual reproductive success. In the harsher higher elevation environment on the other hand, daughters born to older mothers tended to die before reaching ages at which such senescent decreases could be observed. Our study highlights the importance of incorporating environment-specific transgenerational parent age effects on adult offspring age-specific life-history traits to fully understand the substantial variation observed in senescence patterns in wild populations.

SUBMITTER: Kroeger SB

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7060700 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Older mothers produce more successful daughters.

Kroeger Svenja B SB Blumstein Daniel T DT Armitage Kenneth B KB Reid Jane M JM Martin Julien G A JGA

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20200218 9

Annual reproductive success and senescence patterns vary substantially among individuals in the wild. However, it is still seldom considered that senescence may not only affect an individual but also affect age-specific reproductive success in its offspring, generating transgenerational reproductive senescence. We used long-term data from wild yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventer</i>) living in two different elevational environments to quantify age-specific reproductive success of daug ...[more]

PMID: 32071200

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