Extensive experimental animal studies and epidemiological observations have shown that
environmental influences during early development affect the risk of later pathophysiological …

The adaptive value of transgenerational effects (the ancestor environmental effects on
offspring) in changing environments has received much attention in recent years, but the …

A new theory about the origins of consciousness that finds learning to be the driving force in
the evolutionary transition to basic consciousness. What marked the evolutionary transition …

Many forms of developmental plasticity have been observed and these are usually
beneficial to the organism. The Predictive Adaptive Response (PAR) hypothesis refers to a …

This review describes new developments in the study of transgenerational epigenetic
inheritance, a component of epigenetics. We start by examining the basic concepts of the …

Organisms in fluctuating environments must constantly adapt their behavior to survive. In
clonal populations, this may be achieved through sensing followed by response or through …

Many studies in humans have shown that adverse experience in early life is associated with
accelerated reproductive timing, and there is comparative evidence for similar effects in …

Biology presents many wonders, but one of the most remarkable is how a complex
multicellular organism grows from a single cell. Until recently, the processes involved …

A classic problem in population and evolutionary biology is to understand how a population
optimizes its fitness in fluctuating environments,,,. A population might enhance its fitness by …

Modern evolutionary biology is founded on the Mendelian-genetic model of inheritance, but
it is now clear that this model is incomplete. Empirical evidence shows that environment …