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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Moret Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1560290 | biostudies-other | 2006 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20060601 1592
Encounters with parasites and pathogens are often unpredictable in time. However, experience of an infection may provide the host with reliable cues about the future risk of infection for the host itself or for its progeny. If the parental environment predicts the quality of the progeny's environment, then parents may further enhance their net reproductive success by differentially providing their offspring with phenotypes to cope with potential hazards such as pathogen infection. Here, I test f ...[more]