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2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carina C. Kern ◽  
StJohn Townsend ◽  
Antoine Salzmann ◽  
Nigel B. Rendell ◽  
Graham W. Taylor ◽  
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AbstractThe nematode Caenorhabditis elegans exhibits rapid senescence that is promoted by the insulin/IGF-1 signalling (IIS) pathway via regulated processes that are poorly understood. IIS also promotes production of yolk for egg provisioning, which in post-reproductive animals continues in an apparently futile fashion, supported by destructive repurposing of intestinal biomass that contributes to senescence. Here we show that post-reproductive mothers vent yolk which can be consumed by larvae and promotes their growth. This implies that later yolk production is not futile; instead vented yolk functions similarly to milk. Moreover, yolk venting is promoted by IIS. These findings suggest that a self-destructive, lactation-like process effects resource transfer from postreproductive C. elegans mothers to offspring, in a fashion reminiscent of semelparous organisms that reproduce in a single, suicidal burst. That this process is promoted by IIS provides insights into how and why IIS shortens lifespan in C. elegans.


2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (23) ◽  
pp. 4145-4151.e3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva K. Fischer ◽  
Alexandre B. Roland ◽  
Nora A. Moskowitz ◽  
Charles Vidoudez ◽  
Ndimbintsoa Ranaivorazo ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 188-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip L. Davidson ◽  
J. Will Thompson ◽  
Matthew W. Foster ◽  
M. Arthur Moseley ◽  
Maria Byrne ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 3330-3340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda M. Sparkman ◽  
Kenneth R. Chism ◽  
Anne M. Bronikowski ◽  
Lilly J. Brummett ◽  
Lucia L. Combrink ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 284 (1860) ◽  
pp. 20171347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate E. Ihle ◽  
Pascale Hutter ◽  
Barbara Tschirren

Inbreeding depression refers to the reduction of fitness that results from matings between relatives. Evidence for reduced fitness in inbred individuals is widespread, but the strength of inbreeding depression varies widely both within and among taxa. Environmental conditions can mediate this variation in the strength of inbreeding depression, with environmental stress exacerbating the negative consequences of inbreeding. Parents can modify the environment experienced by offspring, and have thus the potential to mitigate the negative consequences of inbreeding. While such parental effects have recently been demonstrated during the postnatal period, the role of prenatal parental effects in influencing the expression of inbreeding depression remains unexplored. To address this gap, we performed matings between full-sibs or unrelated individuals in replicated lines of Japanese quail ( Coturnix japonica ) experimentally selected for high and low maternal egg provisioning. We show that in the low maternal investment lines hatching success was strongly reduced when parents were related. In the high maternal investment lines, however, this negative effect of inbreeding on hatching success was absent, demonstrating that prenatal maternal provisioning can alleviate the negative fitness consequences of inbreeding.


2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 455-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzuki Noriyuki ◽  
Kazutaka Kawatsu ◽  
Naoya Osawa

2010 ◽  
Vol 278 (1708) ◽  
pp. 1054-1063 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilie Macke ◽  
Sara Magalhães ◽  
Hong Do-Thi Khan ◽  
Anthony Luciano ◽  
Adrien Frantz ◽  
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Haplodiploid species display extraordinary sex ratios. However, a differential investment in male and female offspring might also be achieved by a differential provisioning of eggs, as observed in birds and lizards. We investigated this hypothesis in the haplodiploid spider mite Tetranychus urticae , which displays highly female-biased sex ratios. We show that egg size significantly determines not only larval size, juvenile survival and adult size, but also fertilization probability, as in marine invertebrates with external fertilization, so that female (fertilized) eggs are significantly larger than male (unfertilized) eggs. Moreover, females with on average larger eggs before fertilization produce a more female-biased sex ratio afterwards. Egg size thus mediates sex-specific egg provisioning, sex and offspring sex ratio. Finally, sex-specific egg provisioning has another major consequence: male eggs produced by mated mothers are smaller than male eggs produced by virgins, and this size difference persists in adults. Virgin females might thus have a (male) fitness advantage over mated females.


2008 ◽  
Vol 54 (8) ◽  
pp. 1253-1260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thorin L. Geister ◽  
Matthias W. Lorenz ◽  
Martina Meyering-Vos ◽  
Klaus. H. Hoffmann ◽  
Klaus Fischer

2008 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyoko ENTO ◽  
Kunio ARAYA ◽  
Shin-Ichi KUDO
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