Transgenerational plasticity and climate change experiments: where do we go from here?

JM Donelson, S Salinas, PL Munday… - Global Change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Phenotypic plasticity, both within and across generations, is an important mechanism that
organisms use to cope with rapid climate change. While an increasing number of studies …

Rapid adaptive responses to climate change in corals

G Torda, JM Donelson, M Aranda, DJ Barshis… - Nature Climate …, 2017 - nature.com
Pivotal to projecting the fate of coral reefs is the capacity of reef-building corals to
acclimatize and adapt to climate change. Transgenerational plasticity may enable some …

Beyond buying time: the role of plasticity in phenotypic adaptation to rapid environmental change

RJ Fox, JM Donelson, C Schunter… - … transactions of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
How populations and species respond to modified environmental conditions is critical to
their persistence both now and into the future, particularly given the increasing pace of …

Bridging the explanatory gaps: What can we learn from a biological agency perspective?

SE Sultan, AP Moczek, D Walsh - BioEssays, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We begin this article by delineating the explanatory gaps left by prevailing gene‐focused
approaches in our understanding of phenotype determination, inheritance, and the origin of …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding'non-genetic'inheritance: insights from molecular-evolutionary crosstalk

I Adrian-Kalchhauser, SE Sultan, LNS Shama… - Trends in ecology & …, 2020 - cell.com
Understanding the evolutionary and ecological roles of'non-genetic'inheritance (NGI) is
daunting due to the complexity and diversity of epigenetic mechanisms. We draw on insights …

Climate change impacts on fish reproduction are mediated at multiple levels of the brain-pituitary-gonad axis

A Servili, AVM Canario, O Mouchel… - General and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have generated rapid
variations in atmospheric composition which drives major climate changes. Climate change …

Living in a high CO2 world: a global meta‐analysis shows multiple trait‐mediated fish responses to ocean acidification

C Cattano, J Claudet, P Domenici… - Ecological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how marine organisms will be affected by global change is of primary
importance to ensure ecosystem functioning and nature contributions to people. This study …

DNA methylation mediates genetic variation for adaptive transgenerational plasticity

JJ Herman, SE Sultan - … of the Royal Society B: Biological …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Environmental stresses experienced by individual parents can influence offspring
phenotypes in ways that enhance survival under similar conditions. Although such adaptive …

Transgenerational plasticity in marine sticklebacks: maternal effects mediate impacts of a warming ocean

LNS Shama, A Strobel, FC Mark… - Functional …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Our study addresses the role of non‐genetic and genetic inheritance in shaping the adaptive
potential of populations under a warming ocean scenario. We used a combined …

[HTML][HTML] Transgenerational acclimation of fishes to climate change and ocean acidification

PL Munday - F1000prime reports, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There is growing concern about the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on
marine organisms and ecosystems, yet the potential for acclimation and adaptation to these …