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The effects of maternal care on the developmental transcriptome and metatranscriptome of a wild bee
Maternal care acts as a strong environmental stimulus that can induce phenotypic plasticity in animals and may also alter their microbial communities...
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The costs and benefits of maternal egg care in the earwig Forficula pubescens
Maternal egg care is generally considered to be ubiquitous among the 1700 species of free-living Dermaptera. However, the forms, costs, and benefits...
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Quantifying maternal investment in mammals using allometry
Maternal investment influences the survival and reproduction of both mothers and their progeny and plays a crucial role in understanding individuals’...
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A report of stillbirth and subsequent maternal cannibalism observed in a free-ranging group of Japanese macaques at Awajishima, Japan
How primate mothers interact with their dead infants has attracted much attention from primatologists. In particular, the care given to infant...
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Maternal Behavior in Sumatran Orangutans (Pongo abelii) is Modulated by Mother-Offspring Characteristics and Socioecological Factors
Mammalian mothers flexibly invest in their offspring to maximize their lifetime fitness. Flexible maternal investment may be particularly important...
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Metabolomic prediction of severe maternal and newborn complications in preeclampsia
IntroductionPreeclampsia (PreE) remains a major source of maternal and newborn complications. Prenatal prediction of these complications could...
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Maternal care according to offspring sex and maternal physical condition in mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata)
The Trivers–Willard hypothesis (TWH) posits that maternal care will be biased in favor of the sex that provides the greatest fitness returns per unit...
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Maternal and neonatal factors affecting neonatal behaviour in West African Dwarf goats
There is a paucity of information on neonatal behaviour of tropical livestock species despite its adaptive value. One hundred and ninety West African...
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The evolving roles of extracellular vesicles in embryo-maternal communication
Mammalian reproduction relies on precise maternal-fetal communication, wherein immune modifications foster tolerance toward the semi-allogeneic...
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Maternal circadian rhythm disruption affects neonatal inflammation via metabolic reprograming of myeloid cells
Disruption of circadian rhythm during pregnancy produces adverse health outcomes in offspring; however, the role of maternal circadian rhythms in the...
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The Effect of Maternal Status on Time Budget in Female Barbary Macaques (Macaca sylvanus)
For all mammalian females, becoming a mother brings significant changes to their life. A dependent infant increases foraging demands during lactation...
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Maternal parity influences the birth sex ratio and birth interval of captive Francois’ langur (Trachypithecus francoisi)
AbstractThe age and parity of female primates could reflect their physical condition and reproductive experience. Consequently, the individual...
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Synergistic Effect of Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation on ORFV DNA Vaccine Immune Response in a Pregnant Model
Contagious ecthyma is a contagious zoonotic disease caused by the Orf virus that can infect farm animals and humans, but no vaccine is available for...
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Association between maternal blood lipids and neonatal hypoglycaemia in pregnancy with gestational diabetes mellitus: a cohort study
BackgroundGestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) prevalence is on the rise globally. Offspring of diabetic mothers face increased risk of neonatal...
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Maternal exposure to polystyrene nanoplastics alters fetal brain metabolism in mice
IntroductionPlastics used in everyday materials accumulate as waste in the environment and degrade over time. The impacts of the resulting...
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Shared community effects and the non-genetic maternal environment shape cortisol levels in wild chimpanzees
Mechanisms of inheritance remain poorly defined for many fitness-mediating traits, especially in long-lived animals with protracted development....
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Sex difference in homing: males but not females return home despite offspring mortality in Ikakogi tayrona, a glassfrog with prolonged maternal care
AbstractParental care directly affects the fitness of individuals because it increases the probability of offspring survival. Therefore, it is...
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Maternal predation risk during pregnancy alters various social behaviors in the offspring of Brandt’s voles
Predation risk can affect offspring phenotype and fitness via maternal effects. However, most studies have mainly focused on the effect of maternal...
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Maternal RNA transcription in Dlk1-Dio3 domain is critical for proper development of the mouse placental vasculature
The placenta is a unique organ for ensuring normal embryonic growth in the uterine. Here, we found that maternal RNA transcription in Dlk1-Dio3 ...
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Polar Bear Maternal Care, Neonatal Development, and Social Behavior
Polar bear maternal behavior and neonatal development are difficult to study because maternal dens are secluded and generally inaccessible. As a...